Mask Drama, Gaksi
Artist
Monica Cheon(Korean, born 1953)Korean, born 1953
CultureKorean
Titles
- Mask Drama, Gaksi
- from the series Hahoe Mask Drama
Date2008
PlaceAndong, Korea
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 23 5/16 × 15 5/8 in. (59.2 × 39.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/16 × 16 1/8 in. (59.2 × 41 cm)
Frame: 32 7/8 × 24 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (83.5 × 63.2 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/16 × 16 1/8 in. (59.2 × 41 cm)
Frame: 32 7/8 × 24 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (83.5 × 63.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2009.465
Not on view
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The Mingjung (People’s) Cultural Movement of the 1980s revived many
long-suppressed Korean cultural traditions, including the Hahoe Mask Drama. A
festival now stages re-enactments of these ancient folk dramas using
900-year-old masks that express the emotions, ideas, and agonies of their time.
Commenting on the relevance of the festival today, photographer Monica Cheon
said, “Nine hundred years is a long time, but it may not be long enough to
change the real nature of human beings.”
ProvenanceThe artist, Seoul, South Korea; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History"Chaotic Harmony: Contemporary Korean Photography," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Gallery and Beck Lower Level Corridor, October 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Paper label on verso lower left, marked in ink: "Mask Drama, Gaksi / edi. #AP1 / ... / 2008 / (signature)"
Signed in ink on verso paper label: "Monica Cheon"
Impressed signature, recto lower right: "Monica C."
Impressed signature, recto lower right: "Monica C."
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
