Last week to view this fabulous show!
A Universal Feeling, An International Collaborative Mask Installation
Brenda Tuxford Gallery 422 First St. Eureka
Open Hours: Thursday & Friday 12pm - 5pm
& by Appointment: Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm
contact [email protected] to schedule
What is the face of our emotions? In 2019, mask maker Tony Fuemmeler @make_those_faces created a set of mask forms inspired by the six emotions whose expressions are theorized to be universally understood: Fear, Joy, Surprise, Anger, Sadness, and Disgust. Then he shipped artist collaborators around the world an unpainted papier-mâché mask based on one of the six expressions.
Collaborators were then tasked with “completing” this mask, in their own way. Art form, identity, style, experiences, history, aesthetic, nationality, and culture(s) were all explicitly invited to inform HOW they did so.
These finished masks comprise A UNIVERSAL FEELING, a collaborative investigation into how we show what we feel.
So many feelings about feeling.
On view at the @inkpeoplecenterforthearts Brenda Tuxford Gallery through Oct 25
#collaboration #masken #installation #mask #masque #emotionmask #igetsoemotional #maschera #máscara
What is the face of our emotions? In 2019, mask maker Tony Fuemmeler created a set of mask forms inspired by the six emotions whose expressions are theorized to be universally understood: Fear, Joy, Surprise, Anger, Sadness, and Disgust. Then he shipped artist collaborators around the world an unpainted papier-mâché mask based on one of the six expressions.
Collaborators were then tasked with “completing” this mask, in their own way. Art form, identity, style, experiences, history, aesthetic, nationality, and culture(s) were all explicitly invited to inform HOW they did so.
These finished masks comprise A UNIVERSAL FEELING, a collaborative investigation into how we show what we feel.
#mask #masque #máscara #maschera #Masken #emotionalexpression #SEL #emotionmask #collaboration #internationalproject #exhibit #installation #igetsoemotional
The journey of the masks continues to Humboldt County! Join me on opening night at Arts Alive October 5th from 6-9pm at The Brenda Tuxford Gallery in Old Town Eureka.
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The installation is coming this October to @inkpeoplecenterforthearts ! Stay tuned for details.
Image: DISGUST 6: Chief Forked-Tongue Orange Power Tie by the late Joan Schirle of Blue Lake, California.
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Tomorrow’s the last day in Portland!
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Mask of anger completed by Christopher Williams (@faycavalier ) .and titled “The Shaman’s Exile”
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Hawk, gull, and crow feathers, human hair, leather, thread, horse teeth, fur, faux fur, fabric, acrylic, sculpey, joke hand, and eye prosthetic.
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#mask #maskmakers #internationalcollaboration #prosthetic #anger #emotionmask #igetsoemotional #expression #red
“What??!” - mask completed for the project by Bruce Marrs, one of my first mask teachers.
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#mask #emotion #emotionmask #maskmakers #igetsoemotional #expression #universalfeeling #collaboration #international #art
So excited that the show is up once more! Opening reception 8/26/22 @alberta_housepdx from 6-9:30pm
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Check it out by appointment during business hours through September 26. Email [email protected] to arrange a viewing.
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Masks shown here completed by @sasamasks , Raahul Patil, @petermaxlawrence , @drie_chapek
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“Heal and Polish” by MOsely WOtta. (@killyholiday ) Gold/Dirt/Ink/Tape .
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“Once, a father took his two children beneath the world. There, the three of them came upon a village. As they watched from a hidden place this is what they saw: A Being of polish and healing. A face, covered in wounds and pus and lesions and cuts. This was tended to by the people of this village.They treated the wounds with maggots and bandages and tender attention. Restoring the flesh. Then they went away. Upon returning, they noticed the Being's face was covered in dirt and dust and rust. The villagers once again tended, this time with brushes and polish to shine and buff, until, the face shown a brilliant gold. “
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See the masks from multiple angles this spring in the online exhibition!
