Reynolds
Baltimore/NYC, USA
Reynolds
2020
London Biennale 2020 our morphing society is reflected in our mirrors as our masks protect us. Here is New York there is an upsurge of protests against those who think their youth and wealth confers immunity. Our politics reflect the paucity of our cultural imagination, but we can use art to morph our way to a brighter future.
I had so much fun doing this, as this mask was made in Brazil by Puki Paraders of the past in my exhibit Imagina A Vagina. The mask needed reinforcing and the Brooklyn Museum wanted it's educators to try paper mache. First I did that, then repainted it and covered it with protective gloss. Then I must have sewed on thirty roses around the border and glued glitter (uteruses palm trees pineapples and breasts) onto the cape for added flash; attached ribbons and sequins and last the pom poms
I plan to do this on a sunny day one more time to nail the annoying maskless joggers and offer them up free fabric squares to make their own mask, or safely sit on another bench to add their own additions to my cape as in David Medalla Stitch in Time . But still I liked the rain: as it added to the reflections and morphed in the mirrors.
