Tavares Strachan
Self Portrait: Loyalty to the Past (Blue Guro Mask), 2023
2 panels; oil, enamel, pigment, museum board, brass armature, Guro mask (Ivory Coast) on acrylic
72 x 36 x 2 in (182.9 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm) (each)
72 x 72 x 2 (182.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm) (overall)
72 x 72 x 2 (182.9 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm) (overall)
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This work is a two-panel composition that fuses traditional and contemporary symbology to explore intergenerational identity. Centered on a Guro mask from the Ivory Coast, the work reflects on ancestral...
This work is a two-panel composition that fuses traditional and contemporary symbology to explore intergenerational identity. Centered on a Guro mask from the Ivory Coast, the work reflects on ancestral continuity while embracing the metaphysical layers of memory and selfhood. Through total concealment, Strachan dissolves the individual into a symbolic presence, presenting the mask not as a costume but as a vessel of resilience. The piece becomes a meditation on loyalty to heritage, asserting the enduring complexity of diasporic identity.
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