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Mascarón de Proa
is the Spanish phrase for a ship's figurehead, literally the "mask of the
prow." A mask of the prow exists at the intersection of air, water and earth,
if one considers a ship as of the earth or of earthbound creatures. A mask
is something that covers the skin of a face, extending or stretching the
neutral zone between what is inside and what is outside a person physically,
emotionally and psychically. A figurehead operates in that nominal space
between those who use it to represent or speak for them and everyone else.
Mascarón de Proa
an installation specifically designed for the Experimental Gallery, is intended
to explore the boundaries and edges of things. The physical installation
and the accompanying performances include:
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over thirty beds--the space where we cross the threshold
between waking and sleeping
photographic images of skin
video--our contemporary filter
radio communication
translation between languages--Spanish and English,
the languages of our border
references to the surface of waves, exploration,
navigation, TV news, spelunking, diving and
Plato's Cave
Currently residing in the Los Angeles area, Daniel Wheeler received his BA from Brown University. He has shown his installations at Newport Harbor Art Museum, California; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Oakland Museum, California; and California State University at Fullerton Art Gallery. One of his recent projects was a series of sets for the Diavolo Dance Theater, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. In 1990 he received an Art Here and Now award from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Performance
Schedule
A performance by the artist occurred Friday, April 26th, in the Experimental
Gallery. Here are some images from the actual performance.
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Special Thanks to
Beatrice Cortez and Constantino Lopez, for assistance with the performances; Patricia Clark at the Institute for Studies in the Arts; Rob Willhoit and Frank Paiz at Residential Life; Robert La Fleur; and the ASU Art Museum installation crew: Stephen Johnson, Greg Strange, Bill Brauckman, Nina Cartier, Fran Harris, Richard Minardi, Belle Struck and Hugo Zamudio. -
This exhibition was funded in part by a grant from the Institute for Museum Services and the Friends of the ASU Art Museum.
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Mascarón de Proa was organized by Heather Lineberry, curator, and John D. Spiak, curatorial assistant, for the Experimental Gallery at the ASU Art Museum.
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For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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