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Paper: Persona: Preserving Memory and Embodying Identity - Softcover

Bleifer, Sandy

 
9781733071932: Paper: Persona: Preserving Memory and Embodying Identity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1733071938 ISBN 13: 9781733071932
Publisher: Sandra Bleifer, 2019

Synopsis

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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Publisher
Sandra Bleifer
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1733071938
ISBN 13 
9781733071932
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
48