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Mask for Masc exposes the fragile side of strength. Made entirely from denim, the collage shows a muscled man holding a mask that smiles while his own face carries quiet sadness. It speaks to the pressure within gay culture to fit a single image of beauty and confidence, even when it hides pain.
This work questions the obsession with the perfect body. It asks what lies beneath the sculpted skin, beneath the performance of masculinity that many feel forced to play. A strong body can be a shield, but it can also be a prison when it becomes a mask that hides the self.
Mask for Masc invites every gay man to drop the act, to live in truth rather than perfection. Freedom comes when the mask falls and the real face is finally seen.
Size: 76 x 60cm
Medium: Denim on Pine Wooden Panel
Mask for Masc exposes the fragile side of strength. Made entirely from denim, the collage shows a muscled man holding a mask that smiles while his own face carries quiet sadness. It speaks to the pressure within gay culture to fit a single image of beauty and confidence, even when it hides pain.
This work questions the obsession with the perfect body. It asks what lies beneath the sculpted skin, beneath the performance of masculinity that many feel forced to play. A strong body can be a shield, but it can also be a prison when it becomes a mask that hides the self.
Mask for Masc invites every gay man to drop the act, to live in truth rather than perfection. Freedom comes when the mask falls and the real face is finally seen.
Size: 76 x 60cm
Medium: Denim on Pine Wooden Panel