Death Mask 1 & 2

Two artworks created from thousands of individual “faces” during my exploration of Lyapunov space. With gaping, leering mouths and fractured skull-like forms, these images evoke tribal customs surrounding death or spiritual forces.

Death Mask 1 by Nathan Selikoff. 2007. Dimensions variable. Open edition print.

Death Mask 2 by Nathan Selikoff. 2007. Dimensions variable. Open edition print.

The latest incarnation of these death masks finds them inserted, mirror-like, into oval Baroque-style frames:

Death Masks in Ikea Frames Previsualization

And here’s what they looked like in my solo exhibition, Process & Influence:

Death Mask 1 and 2, Untiled Faces at Process & Influence

Death Mask 1, Framed (closeup)