THE TIME OF MASKS: ON THE TOPICALITY OF ART
Nov 27, 2021
3 minutes
BY JOEY SCHMIDT-MULLER
Medieval topoi, masks, grimaces, animal heads on human bodies - all of this sounds familiar to us from earlier art eras. In fact, the Swiss-born artist sees his roots in Francisco Goya: "My concept of Traumatic Objectivity has its roots in Goya. I feel a deep affinity to Goya, who I express in my own way," writes the artist on his website.
In the 14th century, the plague caused several million deaths - the allegory "black death" has been a
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