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This exhibition intends to speak to the human impulse to transform, hide, or construct identity and to underscore the many uses, functions and forms of the mask and the inspiration it has lent to modern and contemporary artists.
Masks are not necessarily things we physically wear; they can be the face we present to the world to transform or conceal ourselves, or the face we put on in order to cope with the rigours of societal constructs or cultural expectations. The burka or niqab is worn by Muslim women of all nationalities by choice or by law, masks are donned for balls, masquerades and …