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| Fashion accessory masks by Ryan Burghard. |
Credits: Ryan
Burghard
" My work explores the current notions of
male and female gender roles through symbolic artificialities.
Our society's interest in the construction of monstrously
perfected bodies, attempts at creating categorical
sexual identities, and our cultural investment in
artificial realities through modern advertising
are source material for my creation of a new anthropological
study of our modern sexual identities.
The relationship of our inherited sexual positions
within our culture are transcended and accentuated
with the inception of these masks. The essential
characteristic of hiding and revealing the personalities
or moods of its wearer allows for the assumption
of a new identity. Classified by a mix of anthropomorphic
and theriomorphic visual signifiers, these artificial
extremities create a symbolic connection to the
wearer's total sexual self. " ... |
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