(Re)Thinking Primitivism, Cubism and the Agency of the Mask: Three Forms of Improvisation
This paper calls for a reassessment of three forms of improvisation: primitivism, cubism and the agency of the African mask. Towards the end, this essay will investigate the symbolic and cultural forms, which can be found specifically in the space of the African mask. Secondly, the essay explores the dynamic relationships of space found in African architecture, for example, the tripartite relationships of cosmology, time and community life that exists in Dogon architecture.