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Artist Statement for Wendy Drolma
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My complete collection of leather masks can be viewed at: www.wendydrolma.com
I have always loved to watch people. I notice those around me; I read their faces and watch their body language as if for clues. I see the masks they wear every day. I've developed this awareness out of necessity. If I can see the mask, then perhaps I can see what's underneath it.
I learn so much from watching people put on one of my masks. Although for some, a mask is threatening, for many others it holds a deep, mysterious attraction. I like to witness them experience the first juicy chance that's come along to pretend that anything that goes on inside can be safely hidden.
It's odd to me how ironic the mask is --revealing and concealing are no more than two sides of the same coin. My face is a mask; the mask, an instrument of revelation. It's difficult to tell the two apart. This is especially true for me when I ache to restrain a particular emotion from showing on my face.
More than a decade has passed since I created my first leather mask. My ability to explain this act to myself has deepened over time. For now, the Why question seems to have transformed itself into a statement: We all wear masks! We can't help it. Without them, we would cease to be what we are -- human.
And so, when the mask calls, we answer. And before we know it, we realize that how we answer is yet another mask, and so on and on...
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