The Museum of San Javier hosts from yesterday until August 28 theatrical masks an exhibition developed by Alberola Francisco, professor of the School of Dramatic Arts in Murcia, and scheduled by the 45th International Festival of Theatre, Music and Dance San Javier.
The director of the Festival, Inmaculada García Alberola Francisco and presented yesterday shows that hosts a sixty pieces, including full face masks, half masks, masks, big heads and a set of puppet club.
Exposed masks have been developed with various materials ranging from flour, paper, leather, sand, wood and wood chips, by a laborious manual process of combination of textures and techniques that concludes at the beginning of a new identity .
Alberola Francisco clarifies that the mask is not a decorative element, if not all his works are a departure principle related to the theatrical event either a character, text, author, or genre.
Many of them have been used in various productions, others wait their turn as a bigheaded with two faces.
Characters from the Comedia dell'Arte as Harlequin, Il Dottore, or Brighella, as also recognized Don Miguel de Cervantes, from a set of puppets representing fictional characters are easily recognized.
The works on display mostly belong to the author of them, but you can also see the ESAD masks in this exhibition that occupies one of the galleries of the Museum of San Javier, where you can also visit the exhibition "The truth the visible "Painter Nono García.El Visiting hours are Tuesday through Friday from 09:00 to 14:00 and 17:30 to 20:30 .. Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00 h.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier