graphite & putty eraser/20x30cm
source: 2nd generation 8x enlarged B&W p/copy from original reproduction in 'Times 2' 03/03/09
With the press featuring Milan Fashion Week extensively, any number of compelling images are available from which to choose a selection suitable for processing, 'de-photographizing', 're-mediating' as drawings. The clothing designs, the ostensible subject of the press coverage images, are, however, merely a distraction from the real action: the 'masks' worn upon the catwalk models' faces, either studies in blank expressionlessness or, alternatively, set in the most wonderful stony scowls, which, taken out of context, become free to undergo whatever subjective interpretation the viewer might care to make...
Soundtrack:
Galaxie 500 'This is Our Music'
Black Box Recorder 'England Made Me'
Luna 'Best of'
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