Masks hide us from the world; they cover our most telltale sign of humanity – our face. That’s what makes them so creepy – there is nothing for us to read, no twitches of muscle or blinking of eyes to communicate what the other is truly thinking. Masks are static, but they can communicate volumes when put in the right context. Here is a collection of eerie, creepy and disturbing mask art from some great artists of our time. This gallery shows how a mask may hide one’s true intentions, but it can also reveal its own story.
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- Olaf Martens
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- Carlos & Jason Sanchez
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- Julien Pacaud
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- Andy Reynolds
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- Danilo Pasquali
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- Fergus Greer
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- Inez van Lamsweerde
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- Roger Ballen
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- Gilles Berquet
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- Marcel van der Vlugt
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- James Auger’s ‘Apocrine gland emission transfer system’
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- Cindy Sherman
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- Fratelli Calgaro
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- Thorsten Brinkmann
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- Elene Usdin
Images via Weimar
