Marta Diez.

By Cesar Magrini

The masks created by this artist are essentially based on life, that is to say, they refer to real actions evocative of imaginary situations, which in no way goes against their intrinsic reality. Marta Díez has worked for a long time as a researcher and historian in this particular subject, besides travelling all over the world in order to ensure authenticity in her worthy pieces insofar as they represent a valuable addition to our acquaintance with the culture of those countries on which she has invested her efforts. Furthermore she has created the oddest masks in the most widely differing materials, which widens the scope of the collection, worth being exhibited at the best museums specializing in the subject. Without overlooking the esthetic value of her pieces, Marta Díez´collection is also an important contribution to the plastic beauty it represents, whether in the sculptures standing guard over Tutankhamen´s tomb or the Zaire masks related to female beauty, or as represented in the masks from the Chowke culture. These masks may be religious, funereal, ritual, or they may belong in several other categories. Their meanings, usually diverse, are universal symbols and represent the flowing of cultures all along the history of the peoples, an evolution which naturally changes from one subject to another. This is the reason why they should be considered as truly historical expressions of various human groups, a culture faithfully reflected in the works sculpted by Marta Díez, which are both the support for deep surveying and its best backing.

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César Magrini. Writer and art critic.