Persona, I, II, III
2021
“His secret… is written in his name: Pessoa means person in Portuguese and comes from persona, the mask worn by roman Roman actors. Mask, character from fiction, no one: Pessoa. His story could be reduced to the passage between the unreality of his daily life and the reality of his fictions.”
- Octavio Paz on Fernando Pessoa
Persona I, II, III are a series of self portraits. Three ‘masks’ have been made with knitted fishing line and small found objects to replicate facial features. A candle snuffer for a nose, a lightbulb eye, a cookie cutter mouth. A response to the conditions of making and artists’ roles, the masks refer to a hidden or blurred self or facade; a role to play in my part time job, while the ‘bodies’ of the sculptures are filled with materials and tools from the studio - as the ‘flesh’ or ‘innards’ of my person.
Persona I
Fishing line, candle snuffer, bush support, cardboard, copper tape, glass, rope, assorted materials from the artist’s studio
144x28x35cm
Persona II
Fishing line, light bulb, bush support, cardboard, copper tape, glass, assorted materials from the artist’s studio
142x38x36cm
Persona III
Fishing line, cookie cutter, magnets, bush support, cardboard, copper tape, slide projector case, assorted materials from the artist’s studio
151x29.5x40cm