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By Karen Gardner
Rappahannock News Writer
Blue Ridge Windows, the large Main Street display area of Imaging Acceptance Corporation’s headquarters in Warrenton will host “A Thousand Masks in Paper Mache the work of Rappahannock artist Peg Schadler.
The exhibit runs from Aug. 3 through Sept. 21.
This installation features a sampling of Schadler’s masks. Many were inspired by her fascination with how other cultures use masks, as well as the idea of finding images that resonate a 21st century modern psyche such as: mother, maiden, crone, warrior, hero, villain, lost soul, mentor, adventurer and seeker.
Some of the masks featured have two sides, representing a benevolent/good side and a negative/evil side.
Schadler acknowledges that the power and delight of her masks can only be partially appreciated hanging quietly on a wall, and that their original reason for being made is to be worn, transforming a very simple paper mache mask into a magical presence. This is accomplished through the confluence of music, a dramatic play and a person inside the mask who is dancing, moving and delighting those who watch.
Schadler has been interested in the medium of paper mach6 since 1985. She began by making sculptures using chicken wire as
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