Chokwe
Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mask, Late 19th century/early 20th century
I was always interested in human expressions and the way humans face expressions change. Human expressions were not to my interest until I found a Korean traditional mask from the attic of our old house while moving. The expressions on the masks represented Koreans and the Korean culture. That one expression carved on the mask represented my culture. While I was exploring with different kinds of masks, I came to the African masks. They had very different expressions from the Korean masks.
Researching two different masks and mixing them together to create a new mask of a mixed culture through drawing and photoshop. Since masks contain specific expressions of that culture through powerful expressions or symbols, I will be gathering research about the different masks and what they represent then create whole new masks that will be a mixture of variety of cultures.
