TON PIED MON PIED (YOUR FOOT, MY FOOT) by Romuald Hazoumè (2011)

Romuald Hazoumè Beninese, b.1962 TON PIED MON PIED (YOUR FOOT, MY FOOT) (2011) Mixed media Des Moines Art Center Ton pied mon pied is an example of what Hazoumè refers to as his bidons or "jerrican masks." Reminiscent of sculptures that follow in Yoruba and other West African mask traditions, these pieces are constructed from discarded plastic canisters like those used to smuggle gasoline from…