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Norwegian-born, London-based, artist, Magnhild Kenned (aka Damsel Frau) is known for her incredible masks, which have landed her features in top tier publications like Vogue and Forbes. Using textiles, ribbons, beads, and anything in between, her masks make for a powerful statement – an autonomous work of art as well as a functional piece, made to be worn (but to what occasion?).
“For me, the mask is a place where different elements come together as situation,” wrote Kenned on her website. “The work is about this place-situation, more so than the mask as a theme or category of form.”
Shalva Nikvashvili
Belgium-based artist Shalva Nikvashvili, makes original masks that are meant to draw attention to the face, while completely concealing it. His chosen materials include anything from cleaning supplies to cardboard. “I have never fitted into the masses and never want to,” admitted Nikvashvili in an interview with FGUK Magazine. “My work has been and will be placed where I can be whoever I want to be.”
I used to be a cleaner in my past , I cleaned restaurants, bars , hotels, ex husband house… it always gave me a inspiration, because i was angry in those times , being angry it pushed me to create something . My last cleaning job was this summer. Meanwhile i was working on collaboration with Marni .Chihuahua Mametaro
Instagram sensation Chihuahua Mametaro will inspire you to wear your mask with pride, even if its made using the simplest of materials. His human owner, a Japanese woman named Semba, makes his cardboard masks for him, but her pooch is delightful to put on a show. The designs are mostly based on manga and anime characters. When Semba wants to snap a photo of her Chihuahua friend, she simply says “Go home!” and he pokes his little head through the mask.
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]]>“I use found as well as self-produced material,” Kennedy shared on her personal website. “I have used fine lace, carried by the nineteen-century Norwegian author Camilla Collett, hair from two-hundred-year-old Japanese geisha hair pieces as well as everyday stuff, found in the street. I am an autodidact and find great pleasure in solving technical problems in the making of my work. A half improvised solving of a factual problem is for me more satisfying than a conventional take on a known material or technique.”
Also known as Damselfrau on social media, the artist shares her work on her website and in an Instagram account where she has attracted over 60 thousand followers.
Scroll down and take a look at her masks below.
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Craftsman of the week at @norskekunsthandverkere The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts. Mange takk! #norskekunsthåndverkereThe post Artist Makes Masks From Things She Finds On the Street appeared first on PlayJunkie.
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]]>Being a gay man in Georgia and taking to art at a young age, Nikvashvili felt he was out of time and place. “I have never fitted into the masses and never want to,” he admitted in an interview with FGUK Magazine. “My work has been and will be placed where I can be whoever I want to be. I feel safe and am the true me next to my boyfriend and in my work.”
“Every artist needs an audience,” he added. “My work really tries to speak for a better world, a world without racism, sexism, homophobia and where people will not be punished for who they are. We need to support each other and fight for our rights and never forget history.”
His masks might not be pleasant but they are unique, calling attention to the messy process of identity-making in the age of individualism. Take a look for yourself.
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