Death Mask 1 & 2
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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)