"Under this mask, another mask.
I will never be finished removing all these faces”

Claude Cahun, photograph, 1930

In exploring what a self-portrait means to me, I began casting masks of my own face—despite my fear of masks. Each mask is imperfect, distinct, yet all speak to me, revealing what is visible and what remains unseen. The importance lies in the process itself: seeing what resists to be seen, surfacing what needs to be revealed. This process too becomes, in itself, part of the artwork.

 

30cm X 20cm x 11cm (average size per mask)
Plaster, cotton gauze, clay
Under this mask, another mask_01
Artphilein Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland, 2023
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Under this mask, another mask_03
Biennale Internazionale Trieste Donna, Italy, 2023
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© Marie-José d’Aprile. All rights reserved.
© Marie-José d’Aprile. All rights reserved.