8 x 10 inches (with frame)

make-up, make-up wipe, acrylic, hardware

2022-ongoing

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spanish “rostro” (rrohs-troh) = english “face”

spanish “arrastrar” (ah-rrahs-trahr) = english  “to drag”

 

Somewhere between the Veil of Veronica, the molten skin of a serpent, and the Shroud of Turin, an effigy, a remnant, a private ritual, a trace left behind.

 

These make-up impressions are made following performances, directly onto make-up wipes. While they are a series, each impression made is unique and specific to that performance and the face of that performance.

 

Together they are a record of the ever shapeshifting face of my performance persona Celeste, of an augmented state of existing, of all the nuanced decisions I’ve made in painting my face that day.​​