Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM to Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles
Quick lines or rough holes to indicate eyes or a mouth aren’t even necessary. An oval shape feels like all that is really needed for us to identify a face, to project a presence. So strong is our impulse to see ourselves, to connect with the outside world, that we routinely anthropomorphize rocks, knots in trees, clouds, bits of lint, burnt pieces of toast, into the visages of each other. The history of masks likely stretches back into Paleolithic times, predating written languages. Their ability to immediately conjure an identity or concept multiplying their uses over the millennia. The five artists in this exhibition are making masks now.