MaskGirl 3

Nicolas Lawin

MaskGirl 3

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Title: MaskGirl 3
AI Mask Series 4/4
Year: 2024
Medium: Tape and Foil on Wood Board
Measures: 55 x 55 cm
Signed: Yes
Framed: No

The series comprises four works with the recurring motif of the woman with a mask. What makes it special is not only the materiality, adhesive tape and foil, but also the process: while earlier works from 2013 aimed to make figurative motifs appear as if painted solely through precise craftsmanship, this series follows a deliberately contrasting, digital approach.With the help of AI, graphic software, and a cutting plotter, the series was automated, modeled on the earlier works, and developed and implemented only minimally in layers by hand. This resulted in a work that could be realized in multiple editions without manual intervention.
The mask here carries a double meaning: it refers to anonymity, fashion, and cultural affiliation, for example, with the hip-hop scene, and at the same time to social constraints such as over-criminalization or the imposition of invisibility.
Thus, it becomes a symbol of the ambivalence of our present: protection and performance, freedom and constraint at once.