2024
photo paper, photo copy prints, cotton cloth, epoxy resin, cellophane, tape, black ski mask, bag of powered sugar
45 x 48 x 16 in.
“Self Portrait”, containing scraped picture of Q Da Fool and a ski mask stretched over a bag of powdered sugar, comes from when I used to wear ski masks to try and look “tough”, unapproachable. Until one time someone came right up to me and felt at ease talking to me because of my soft, even sweet eyes (their words not mine)
Begging the question, what in me made me want to intimidate others in the first place? Maybe it’s a defense mechanism? Maybe because I always felt like others didn’t take me seriously. But also displaying that what people choose to see is a choice