{"id":66091,"date":"2025-05-01T17:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=66091"},"modified":"2025-07-06T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:40:59","slug":"nationally-traveling-exhibition-co-curated-by-art-history-professor-opens-at-new-orleans-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/05\/01\/nationally-traveling-exhibition-co-curated-by-art-history-professor-opens-at-new-orleans-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationally Traveling Exhibition Co-curated by Art History Professor Opens at New Orleans Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2268\" height=\"1512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition of African masquerade at New Orleans Museum of Art\" class=\"wp-image-66115 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited.jpg 2268w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-Installation_Photo-by-Sesthasek-Boonchai-1-edited-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2268px) 100vw, 2268px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2268px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2268\/1512;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masquerade ensembles featuring work by David Sanou in &#8220;New African Masquerade&#8221; at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Photo by Sesthasak Boonchai.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decade after his death, the legacy of West African masquerade artist Andr\u00e9 Sanou is getting the international recognition it deserves and that Sanou himself hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-curated by Associate Professor of Art History Lisa Homann, the exhibition <em>New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations<\/em> opened at the New Orleans Museum of Art on April 4 and will travel to four other venues across the country over the next two years. The exhibition includes 13 head-to-toe masquerade ensembles featuring the work of four contemporary African artists: Chief Ekpenyong Bassey Nsa, Sheku \u201cGoldenfinger\u201d Fofanah, Herv\u00e9 Youmbi, and David Sanou, who is Andr\u00e9 Sanou\u2019s son. It is through David that Andr\u00e9\u2019s artistry lives on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Sanou lives and works in the West African country of Burkina Faso, where Homann has been conducting research since 2006. In 2008, she met the renowned masquerade sculptor Andr\u00e9 Sanou, who handed his studio over to his son David when he retired in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop.jpg\" alt=\"David Sanou in his workshop\" class=\"wp-image-66127 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/David-Sanou_workshop-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 5184px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 5184\/3456;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Sanou at work in his studio in Burkina Faso. A portrait of his father, sculptor Andr\u00e9 Sanou, is at left. Photo by Lisa Homann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring one of our conversations, Andr\u00e9 asked if I might be able to find him venues to show his work in the U.S.,\u201d Homann wrote for <a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300279955\/new-african-masquerades\/\">the exhibition catalogue<\/a>, which she co-edited with Amanda M. Maples, Fran\u00e7oise Billion Richardson Curator of African Art at New Orleans Museum of Art, and Jordan A. Fenton, associate professor of art history at Miami University, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homann was completing a scholarly article about Andr\u00e9\u2019s work when the elder sculptor passed away. She traveled to Burkina Faso and was able to attend his wake and funeral and begin to cultivate a deeper relationship with David. In 2018, they began to discuss commissions for museums in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cMy goal was to ethically commission and acquire the works in a manner that respected and benefitted their creators, masquerade authorities, patrons, and researcher, while minimizing negative effects,\u201d <\/strong>Homann wrote in the catalogue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 2019 and 2022, Homann worked with David Sanou, his family, a blacksmith, another maker, several chiefs, colleagues, and friends to commission four full-body daytime masquerade ensembles. During one of their many conversations, Sanou told Homann, \u201cI want people to know that dad himself wanted to do this during his lifetime but well\u2026God has changed things. [Dad] couldn\u2019t do it, but it was his will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Homann and project partners Maples and Fenton received a planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which was followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/2024-02-29\/professor-co-curate-neh-funded-international-exhibition-west-african-masquerade\/\">$500,000 implementation grant in 2023<\/a>. The funding allowed them to create the exhibition and catalogue, carried out in collaboration with Aim\u00e9 Kantoussan, Research Director at the Mus\u00e9e des Civilisations Noires\/Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar, Senegal, and Herv\u00e9 Youmbi, a leading contemporary artist in Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-1000x1333.jpg\" alt=\"David Sanou and Lisa Homann at New Orleans Museum of Art\" class=\"wp-image-66105 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/1333;width:439px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Sanou-and-Homann_NOMA-300x400.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Sanou and Lisa Homann at the New Orleans Museum of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From New Orleans,<em> New African Masquerades<\/em> will travel to Nashville, San Antonio, St. Petersburg, and Washington, D.C. Organized in partnership with the Mus\u00e9e des Civilisations Noires, the exhibition will also be presented in a parallel form for African audiences\u2014the first time an exhibition will be presented in such a way in North America and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations<\/em> presents contemporary West African masquerade from the countries of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Masquerade can be defined \u201cas a broad set of practices wherein individuals and societies dance in full-body, multimedia ensembles,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/noma.org\/new-african-masquerades-press\/\">the NOMA exhibition press release<\/a>. \u201cThese ensembles are then activated in many ways, including in performances, processions, and other ceremonies by either the masquerade artist or another practitioner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like his father, Sanou carves elaborate headpieces for ensembles that are then completed by another artist, who, in keeping with cultural practice and his wishes, remains anonymous. While it is unprecedented for these ensembles to appear in a museum setting, Homann made sure that the presentation was true to its social and performative contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had sent to the staff photos of similar masks in action so they could create a natural pose for the ensemble,\u201d she said, describing the \u201cCompromise Kimi\u201d masquerade ensemble. \u201cIt looks like it had just stopped in its tracks. With its body slightly hunched, its left leg forward, arms swung out, and head jutting out toward the viewer, it seems alert and a little intimidating. But that hunched, almost squatting position is also how masks greet people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homann said that Sanou, who attended the exhibition opening, was thrilled with the installation of the ensemble and \u201cfondly stared at it often.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the 13 masquerade ensembles, the exhibition includes photography, recorded interviews, and immersive videos that demonstrate the ensembles being performed, looks into the artists\u2019 studios, and shares the perspectives of the artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre.jpg\" alt=\"Immersive video at New Orleans Museum of Art\" class=\"wp-image-66107 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2025\/05\/Immersive-Room-Installation_Photo-by-Wayan-Barre-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 6000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 6000\/4000;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video Homann produced for the exhibition touched Sanou \u201cto the point of tears,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cHe and I had many conversations over the years about why he agreed to the commissions and the show, neither of which have ever been done before with the legitimate consent of masquerade authorities. He did it to honor his deceased father, Andr\u00e9 Sanou, and his legacy. I think it is a deeply satisfying accomplishment for him. It is for me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>New African Masquerades <\/em>Exhibition Travel Schedule and Presentation in Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>April 4\u2013August 10, 2025: New Orleans Museum of Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 10, 2025\u2013January 4, 2026: Frist Art Museum, Nashville<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February 27-July 5, 2026: San Antonio Museum of Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 2026\u2013January 2027: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February 19\u2013September 26, 2027: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition will also be presented in a parallel form for African audiences. The presentation of <em>New African Masquerades <\/em>at these African venues will include newly commissioned masquerade ensembles that will remain in the care of communities and institutions on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>February\u2013June 2026: Mus\u00e9e des Civilisations noires, Dakar, Senegal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fall 2026: Sierra Leone National Museum, Freetown, Sierra Leone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2027: National Museum, Calabar, Nigeria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photos courtesy of Lisa Homann and the New Orleans Museum of Art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Homann, Ph.D., co-curated New African Masquerades and co-edited the catalogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":66097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"no-sidebars.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_clt_a11y_last_scan":"1778695953","_clt_a11y_has_violations":"0","_clt_a11y_violations":"[]","_clt_a11y_suppressions":"","_clt_a11y_needs_validation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,255],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-66091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research","tag-art-art-history"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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