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Paper: Persona: Preserving Memory and Embodying Identity

Paper: Persona: Preserving Memory and Embodying Identity

Zeitman, Debbie
Bleifer, Sandy

Paperback

American Art - GeneralGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $30.00

ISBN10: 1733071938
ISBN13: 9781733071932
Publisher: Sandra Bleifer
Published: Apr 22 2019
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.12 Width: 8.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Self portraits and body casts of dancers/costumes in handmade paper. These works are part of a long tradition of portraiture, artist self portraits and death masks in art history.

The life casts of the artists' face and body merge self-portraiture and gestural use of sheets of paper with the figure exerting its presence. The Circus Costumes were commissioned for a dance performance at Santa Monica College in 1989. The cast paper sculptures were Velcroed to the leotards of the dancers and serve as extensions of their bodies into portions of their costumes. They become metaphors for the dichotomy between our jobs/functions and our inner lives. At the end of the performance, the dancers remove their costumes, exerting their independence from the demands on their lives.

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