Man Ray, the Surrealists, and African/Pacific culture - General Tiki

W wagross Member Joined: Sep 24, 2010 Posts: 1	W wagross Posted posted on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 7:23 PM In reply to the previous poster's query about the location of the surrealist photograph in which a Songye mask like the one pictured from the BMA appears, it is included in the Man Ray exhibition discussed above and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue. The second mask is from Papua New Guinea. See attached. It was taken by the British surrealist artist Roland Penrose at the time of the 1937 surrealist exhibition in London. Penrose's son believes that the two men behind the masks are the French and Belgian surrealist writers Paul Eluard and E.L.T. Mesens. Comments about the exhibition are appreciated (I'm the curator). Please add your comments to the reviews on Amazon, if you are so inclined.

In reply to the previous poster's query about the location of the surrealist photograph in which a Songye mask like the one pictured from the BMA appears, it is included in the Man Ray exhibition discussed above and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue. The second mask is from Papua New Guinea. See attached. It was taken by the British surrealist artist Roland Penrose at the time of the 1937 surrealist exhibition in London. Penrose's son believes that the two men behind the masks are the French and Belgian surrealist writers Paul Eluard and E.L.T. Mesens. Comments about the exhibition are appreciated (I'm the curator). Please add your comments to the reviews on Amazon, if you are so inclined.

Post #555927 by wagross on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 7:23 PM