A group of thugs
in clown masks are robbing a bank, but not, it turns out, just any bank.
Not exact matches
«If you don't, you look like a phony
in front of your kids, and that makes you vulnerable to the
clown's desire to remove your
mask.»
Crimefest has thus far added
clown masks, new weapons, and a total revamp of the skill trees
in the game.
The Pierrot character is dressed
in his familiar
clown outfit and holds a mandolin, but his face is a smooth robotic
mask, crafted to resemble the image of Frantz Fanon.
Does a dark opening with sharp teeth, sculpture like frozen lava, or a look of desire buried
in the
mask of a
clown suggest a male artist's wrestling with industrial scrap — not to mention deeper fears about female sexuality?
Some of the works, featuring
masks and
clowns, add another layer of disguise to unravel;
in others, a candle and a skull pay homage to the Dutch tradition of still life and vanitas painting — a surprise note of gravitas.
Carrie Mae Weems sells «hopes and dreams»
in clown pants, a top hat, and a
mask out of Phantom of the Opera.
The exhibition culminates
in Untitled:
Clowns, a new body of work resulting from this rural sojourn — and also the aftermath of the American Presidential Election —
in which giant
masks of black soap and wax melt down grids of white ceramic tile.
In another, visitors entered to find a
clown mask and a model submachine gun, as if stumbling into the aftermath of a heist.
Inhabiting a peculiar space between a
clown - like portrait and ceremonial statue that concretizes the legacy of modernist abstraction,
in Untitled (Free Standing Large Garden Sculpture
Mask M24.g) Grotjahn makes a truly irreverent addition to the canon of bronze sculpture.
But now, with Halloween right around the corner, a county
in Mississippi is banning
clown costumes,
masks, and makeup until November 1.