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Place of Origin: Italian
MISTO, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
MISTO invites itself into your interior to ward off spells, evil spirits and evil influences.
Sophie Dries reinvents the traditional Calabrian mask with her contemporary graphic
li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Cariddi, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
In Greek mythology, the name CARIDDI (Charybdis in English) belonged to a monster that lived in the sea between Calabria and Sicily and destroyed ships by swallowing them up and spitting them back out, generating dangerous whirlpools in the water. This myth is reinterpreted in the form of a mask, which inverts the traditional convex surface to create a concave volume inspired by the underwater world. The mask invites the gaze into the blue depths of its smooth interior, where an uncanny protrusion emerges in the shape of a nose, a signature motif in Giovanni De Francesco’s artistic production. Each nose-island is different from the others; every mask has a unique beauty accentuated by imperfections, smudges, and uncontrollable colors, invoking the unpredictability of fear. This perception overturns the ferocious symbolism of the legendary monster, rewriting CARIDDI as a welcoming narrative. The artist’s explorations of fear, danger, and the unknown become particularly poignant when placed in the recent historical context of Calabria and the Mediterranean Sea.
In the exceptional conditions of the present moment, when hundreds of millions of people are spending more time at home than ever before in living memory, the homeware brand TRAME wants to share the inspiring and supportive influences of these Mediterranean ritual objects with the entire world.
The masks, whether the traditional forms or the contemporary design interpretations, reveal a sense of both timelessness and contemporaneity in their aspirational evocation of a social life with more serenity and less fear.
Details:
- Dimension: approximately 28 H x 22 W x 8 D cm
- Material: 100% Mediterranean terracotta clay
- Technique: 100% handmade in Italy
- Each handcrafted CARIDDI Seminara mask is unique. Picture on an indicative basis.
- 14-days return policy
- In stock
Giovanni De Francesco (Bergamo 1976), lives and works between Milan and Paris. He is a visual artist dedicated to sculptural installations through the use of plastic materials, photography, video, painting and sound. Since 1997 he has taken part in many personal exhibits as well as collective ones. He an artistic consultant at the Luisa delle Piane gallery in Milan and is a founding member of the Monstera theatre company.
He occasionally collaborates with Andre Branzi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
TA RA TA TA, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
The apotropaic (warding off evil) mask from Seminara can be distinguished by its horns, wide eyes, mustache, and screaming mouth with its tongue sticking out. The masks are finished in enormous wood fired kilns, which adds an uncontrollable twist to the features and colors rendered by the artisan’s hands—the final touch in their fierce and imperfect beauty. The demonic aspect of this mask is manifested in order to be expelled, bringing serenity to the owner and ridding the home of negative energy. Giovanni De Francesco takes an idiosyncratic approach to the traditional mask, aiming not for verisimilitude but for a rough impression of the volumes of the face. Using sculptural gestures to shape the clay, he accentuates the fundamental geometry and makes the shapes more grotesque.
Incense can also be placed within TA RA TA TA’s ceramic jaws for ritual burning. This function alludes to a specific variation of the typical mask in in the form of a chimneypot: with smoke pouring out of its mouth and eyes, the mask would appear much more ferocious—and thus even more powerful.
Details:
- Dimension: approximately 32 H x 25 W x 10 D cm
- Material: 100% Mediterranean terracotta clay
- Technique: 100% handmade in Italy
- Each handcrafted TA RA TA TA Seminara mask is unique. Picture on an indicative basis.
- 14-days return policy
- In stock
Giovanni De Francesco (Bergamo 1976), lives and works between Milan and Paris. He is a visual artist dedicated to sculptural installations through the use of plastic materials, photography, video, painting and sound. Since 1997 he has taken part in many personal exhibits as well as collective ones. He an artistic consultant at the Luisa delle Piane gallery in Milan and is a founding member of the Monstera theatre company. He occasionally collaborates with Andre Branzi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
100 FEARS, Seminara Ceramic Mask
By Objects of Common Interest
Located in Paris, FR
The traditional masks of the Calabrian town of Seminara are intended to chase away evil from the home, dispel fears and gossip with their exaggerated and grotesque features. The mask...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
4 Marked Vintage Majolica Ceramic Pottery Wall Masks Italy Cottura Hand Painted
By Vallauris, Keller & Guérin
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 4 hand-painted and hand-crafted Majolica Masks, one of them is way bigger than others, Italy circa 1960.
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Italian Masks
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Traditional, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Ditto potters with Antonio Bonamico.
The ceramic masks of Seminara are ostentatious and grotesque, with deliberately frightening features to scare away ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
MISTO, Seminara Ceramic Mask, Green, Sophie Dries
Located in Paris, FR
MISTO invites itself into your interior to ward off spells, evil spirits and evil influences.
Sophie Dries reinvents the traditional Calabrian mask with her contemporary graphic
li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Modern Venetian Handmade Blue and Gold Carnival Mask with Feathers
Located in New York, NY
This Folk Art cobalt blue mask is a real Venetian creation, entirely hand-drawn and handcrafted with gold decor and white stone.
Italian Artists have realized this piece in full res...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Italian Masks
Materials
Metal, Metallic Thread
Vintage Pair of Venetian Masquerade Masks on Opera Sticks
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Folk Art jester masks that are original Venetian creations, entirely hand-drawn and handcrafted, circa 2000. Italian Artists have realized these pieces with respect of craf...
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Gold, Brass, Metallic Thread
Midcentury Handcrafted Mask Depicting the Comedy and Tragedy of Greek Theatre
Located in Roma, IT
A couple of vintage masks inspired by the Greek Roman theater.
They were made in solid brass and represent respectively the 2 most important theatrical genres: comedy and tragedy.
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African Futurist Silver Mask Created by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Eccentric African mask and unique piece created by artist Bomber Bax. Rare and unique piece made by the artist. The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was processed and painted i...
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2010s Futurist Italian Masks
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Misto, Seminara Ceramic Mask, Blue
Located in Paris, FR
MISTO invites itself into your interior to ward off spells, evil spirits and evil influences.
Sophie Dries reinvents the traditional Calabrian mask with her contemporary graphic
li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Bespoke Italian Amethyst Amber Gold Murano Glass Mask Wall Art Sculpture
By Paolo Birello
Located in New York, NY
"For the man" Venetian Murano Glass 3D Modern Mask, in golden amber glass with 2 opposite sides in amethyst color intersecting at the top to highlight a small red accent on the foreh...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Italian Masks
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Carnival of Venice Four Vintage Hanging Tiles
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Set of four hand made and painted tiles professionally framed it wood frame , depicting caricatures from The Carnival of Venice. Which is annual festival held in
Venice, Italy.
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Bespoke Italian Mondrian Style Blue Green Red Black Murano Glass Mask Sculpture
By Paolo Birello
Located in New York, NY
Unique Venetian Murano glass 3D Modern mask, exclusive to Cosulich Interiors & Antiques, Mondrian inspired, realized in several block colors, aqua blue, turquoise, lime green, red, o...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Italian Masks
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Pair of Masks Sculpted in Terracotta by Roberto Rigon, 1960s
By Roberto Rigon
Located in Milano, MI
Pair of masks, faces of women and men, sculpted in terracotta by Roberto Rigon in the 1960s.
The masks represent a Man and a Woman, both sculpted by t...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Masks
Materials
Terracotta
Wall Sculpture Wooden Frame Adorned Mosaic Leather Liquid Metal Artglass Backlit
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Wall sculpture with circular wooden frame, adorned with elements in lacquered wood, leather, glass mosaic, art glass and liquid metal.
Backlighting system with sensor.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Masks
Materials
Metal
Black Italian Masquerade Face or Wall Masks, Signed Ca'd'Oro Venezia 1982
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of ceramic masquerade wall masks (male+female) made in Venice in 1982 and bought in the museum shop at Galleria Giorgio Franchetti that houses in the famous Ca'd'Oro at the Gra...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Italian Masks
Materials
Pottery
1970 Bronze Sculpture Ethnic Inspiration "Mask" Dark Color Plexiglass Base
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful 1970 bronze sculpture ethnic inspiration "mask" dark color black and bronze with a plexiglass base.
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Masks
Materials
Bronze
Pair Brass Carnivale Masks Mounted On Black Marble
Located in Chicago, IL
Equisite pair of cast brass Carnivale masks mounted on black marble plinth bases. Very nicely patinated.
Category
20th Century Italian Masks
Materials
Marble, Brass
Handblown Gold Flecked and Fused Black Murano Glass Carnivale Masks
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Murano glass carnivale masks. Handblown and molded gold flecked black cased glass with infused colorful circular details.
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Masks
Materials
Murano Glass
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