Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads
Design Milk
MAY 27, 2021
These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. Glass beads. A whole lot of time.
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