Prinz Gholam

BEING A MASQUE

upcoming solo exhibition
opening on Nov. 13, 7pm
+ performing a short INTERMEDIO with masks
Drawing Room, Hofweg 6, 22085 Hamburg
from Nov. 24, 2026 until Feb. 11, 2027

Reading the word ‚masque‘ one immediately thinks about a mask or face covering, and the French word for it. But instead the word ‚masque‘ in English relates to a specific historical form of entertainment in which disguised participants join together in a ceremonial dance, especially popular in England during the 16th and 17th centuries. The theme of the drama presented during a masque was usually mythological, allegorical, or symbolic.
Tennessee Williams gives his play ‚Camino Real‘ a supplementary description as stage directions for ‚being a masque along sixteen blocks of a royal road‘ —while adding: „nothing more nor less than my conception of the time and the world I live in.“

Prinz Gholam: Departure, 2026, color pencil on canvas, 215 x 350 cm (detail)

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