an installation by KEN ARTHUR at
Sandusky Cultural Center
         MASK / NOT MASK       

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Many of the common objects included in this installation seem to possess a human appearance.  The observer is asked to consider the everyday objects in relation to the traditional African masks.  The masks are the manifestations of their makers' understanding of the natural world, and serve as bridges between physical and non-physical realities.  And just as many of the everyday objects seem to have an essential human quality to them, so too do they seem to reflect qualities essential to the traditional masks.