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3 - Sylvia Safdie, Earth Marks n°1, 1997.
Linseed oil and soil on translucent polyester film.

This peice is a series of 3 Earth Masks. I like trios in general because they tend to convey the idea or the sensation of the artwork in a way that is rarely acheived in a single peice.

What I like of this/these peice(s) is the play between the transparency of the surface(translucent polyester film) the oil (mixing agent) and the opacity of the earth (used as pigment).

The presence of a character is felt, but not figurated, as it is just an antropomorphic form in oil and earth.

I would like to reach this effect of a form that is more felt that seen. Materiality of the female body (earth) hidden behind a screen of light and technologies…