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EXHIBITION
MASKS AND CARNIVALS
Address: FRANÇAIS SANS FRONTIERES
ESPACE FRANCOPHONE DE KUNMING 昆明法语培训中心
6F/CD, Guofang Building 46, Wuyi Road 650032 KUNMING CHINE
中国云南省昆明市五一路46号国防大厦6楼CD座 650032
 From 24 March to 30 March
Welcome everybody to Français sans frontières for opening of “ Masks and Carnivals” on 24 March 2007, 8 o’clock. Promoted by CCT Tours International in collaboration with cinaOggi. Free entry !
On the program:
- Photographs from Venitien carnivals (French cities: Annecy and Corbeil Essonnes)
- Photographs from mask festival ( Italian cities: Venise and Sartiglia )
- Chinese masks from Dongba and Lahu cultures
For many centuries, people in various countries use masks in different ways.
The Venitien carnival in France
During carnival, before Lend people wear masks and costumes. The mask is a way for the holder to change his identity and his social position. In this way, a poor can become rich and conversely. This party originally comes from catholic countries. Actually the carnival is a famous party with many influences between a lot of countries as France and Italy. The masks can also hold other functions in others countries.
The Sartiglia mask festival
This festival is an old local custom from Italy. It consists in sticking a sword or a rapier in a hanging-star-shape ring while the knight is at gallop, by knights wearing masks. The chief of the race and the procession is named “ Su Componidori”. He wears his own clothes. Each star which has been stucked by a sword is a presage for a rich harvest.
Chinese Lahu and Dongba masks
The Dance of the Shaman, which was performed in ancient China, had a similar goal as the Sartiglia festival. This dance, which used masks as its fundamental part, was practiced in order to exorcise demons.
The Lahu and Dongba masks that are exposed in this exhibition are not typical masks of these ethnics. The artists use his own creativity to make the masks, but include some ethnical symbols.
Denis Becaud,
French artist,www.denisbecaud.net/indexfr.html,
Member of the photography club of St Martin Bellevue.
He took part in the exhibitions:
- On September 2005 “ Annecy le Vieux’s town hall”
On October 2005, 2006 “Rencontres Photographiques du Genevo
Pierre Esteffe,
French artist, http://pierre.esteffe.free.fr/index.html
He took a lot of pictures of French carnivals from Paris (75), st Aignan (41), Corbeil-Essonnes (91), la roseraie de l’Haÿ-les-Roses (94)
Carlos Quaglianello,
Italian artist, he has taken part in two collective exibitions
- ISAFAV at the oratorio S.M.V. in Limena, Padua
VENICE PHOTO MEETING 2004 at villa Widman in Stra, Venice is” with topics “People of the world” and “
Stephano Oliviero,
Italian artist, he took part in the exhibition :
- “Procession of the mysteries of Cagliari”; black&white pictures of an ancient religious procession, personal exhibition
- On june 2006, exibition with other Italian Photographer in the “Yunnan Arts Institute YanBoTing” of Yunnan – Kunming in China; organized from “Bigscreen Italia”
Li Yanjun,
Chinese artist, origin from Lahu culture
Member of Yunnan Fine Artists Association
he took part in the exhibition:
- 1987, “Yunnan Frontier Oil Painting Exhibition”, Chendu
- 1989,”The First Exhibition of Yunnan Sculptures”, Kunming
- 1990,”Oil Painting Exhibition of Yunnan Province’
- 1993,”Kunming Trade Fair”
- 1993-1994, “Kunming Trade Fair and The Village of Minority Nationalities in Yunnan”
- Since 1983, Li Yanjun’s wooden dipper carving works have been introduced and well received by Spring City Evening Paper, Kunming Daily, Yunnan Daily and Kunming TV for many timesThe city
Xin Rong Mu:
Chinese artist origin from Dongba culture
- 2004, personal exhibition, Beijing qi bai jiu yi shu chang fang, 789, wooden sculptures
- 2005, guest from CCTV for explaining his technical works
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