About Face

Abstract

AboutFace is the result of conversations that occurred on the artisan at home Facebook group in March/April 2020. It takes as its departure, the highly evocative symbol of COVID-19, the face mask. In these extraordinary times, the iconic image of the surgical mask has emerged as a symbol for COVID-19 and the era of social distancing. To document this, artisan invited the making community to make, remodel, rework, embellish and decorate the simple home-made surgical mask as a creative reflection of the current global experience. Selected masks now form an online exhibition and also a window exhibition (from 10 July, for works able to travel to us). AboutFace showcases 64 artists and 84 artworks from Australia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Italy Poland, Zimbabwe and the UK.