We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
– Paul Laurence Dunbar
Eric Magassa (f.1972) bor och verksam i Göteborg. Magassa arbetar med måleri, fotografi och collage där han utforskar frågor om identitet, mellanförskap och dess koppling till minnen och platser. Masken är oftast en återkommande tematik, både som föremål och som gräns. Eric Magassa har tidigare visats på GIBCA (Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, History’s Footnote på Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, Nederländerna.
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English version:
Eric Magassa (b. 1972) lives and works in Gothenburg. Magassa works with painting, photography and collage where he explores issues of identity, liminality and its connection to memories and places.
The mask is usually a recurring theme, both as an object and as a border.
Eric Magassa has previously been shown at GIBCA (Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, History’s Footnote at Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
OPENING: SATURDAY OCTOBER 31 AT 13.00-15.00
(The art gallery is open 11.00-16.00)
FREE ENTRY!
Note: On November 7, we open at 12.00