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| Mark Mothersbaugh (Gallery Two) |
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We are told that symmetry is the basis of beauty. Yet how many of us have seen a perfectly symmetrical person? Mothersbaugh highlights symmetry, or lack of, in his latest series, Beautiful Mutants. By reworking photographs, Mothersbaugh is able to display the warped perceptions of beauty hidden by time and outward appearance. For this project, antique photographs were manipulated by antiquarian hand techniques as well as modern computer technology. These "corrected" images flush out the true proportions of human faces and figures and disclose the disguises we hide behind. This is a series of Mothersbaugh's personal favorites from over 3000 pieces constructed between 1999 and 2004.
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