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Dame Boris

By  Victoria Malcolm 2013 - 2014

Victoria Malcolm

A mask made for an exhibition about pantomime: I used character faces and masks to represent public figures in a new guise; in this case, the Dame character to present Boris Johnson as a 'loveable, fluffy figure of fun'; on closer inspection, Dame Boris (whose skin is made of Financial Times newspaper) shows sharp pins protruding from his lips.
V M Victoria Malcolm

Picnic South Africa 1930s

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