Book - The Power of Masks - Walter van Beirendonck

Masks continue to fascinate to this day: where does self-identity stop and metamorphosis occur when you put on a mask, how do we deal with ancient symbolic and mythical meanings and when do we create new ways of defining ourselves, what is accepted and where does controversy start? Again and again, the line between tradition and innovation, between revealing and concealing is questioned, making POWERMASK a bridge between past and present, across cultures. Ever since his first collections in the 1980s, Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck has been intrigued by masks. His personal fascination with the mask and its impact on a person's identity translates in the exhibition and this accompanying catalog POWERMASK into an idiosyncratic and multiple view of the phenomenon of the mask. He also looks at the role of the mask in the work of visual artists, photographers and fashion designers.

Author: Walter van Beirendonck

Language: Dutch