from 2014.  this is a large face and hangs in my dining room over a glass built in cabinet.
it is called CRACKING
In 2014 i made a host of pieces of faces and figures all of whom are representing a mental/emotional state or stance.  this is a sort of cracking up that is very fine and contained and consists of fine fissures but the thing still hangs together and from a distance ( or superficially) it looks as if everything is fine and it is holding together.  only the one who is cracking, knows what is going on.  the notion of the outer layer cracking is also represented by the mask or cover like piece of the mouth/nose part.  behind it is a whole other world/reality/experience that is peaking through.  the question is : were those parts also covered by this cracking shell?  what came first? the shell or the thing behind?  is the cracking a good or a bad thing?  -- from a construction point the cover was primary and the things behind were added by cutting the cover off and discarding it.  the construction is one of subtraction and then substitution.