the grasshopper

Amazing grasshopper (?) mask found on Facebook.

Find more animal masks here + there

masks

Cardboard animal masks by Czech artist Jozef Mrva

Previously on paper masks:

Paper masks by Saul Steinberg

Dragon head by master maker Tanaka Satoshi

Face Kini

Probably seen it on the web – the latest fashion at northeast China’s Shandong province’s beaches – dubbed “Face – Kini”. If not, take note: it’s a protective swimming mask – no MOLE PEOPLE neither Catwoman flirting…

fabric

A selection of poster and flyer designs by Tom Darracott for London nightclub Fabric.

filter toxic with gems

Designer Gas Masks by conceptual artist Diddo.
An iconic item of a modern world defined by war, fear and extreme desire for authenticity.

We have faith in our leaders

Halloween costumes from John Carpenter’s They Live, from the creators of youFail blog.
Obey, consume and stay asleep.

I know what you did last summer

Pablo Picasso fooling around at the beach with his favorite bull head.
Found here.

I find your lack of faith disturbing

Hairdryer inspired by Darth Vader, designed by Tembolat Gugkaev. Appreciate it here.
Check out more Darth Vader’s quotes, here.
Found here.

Masks and Marriages

WWT recently saw Stezaker’s amazing work at Whitechapel gallery and felt it deserves to be looked at once more.

(see previous WWT post on John’s work here)

John Stezaker (b. 1949) British conceptual artist known best for his collage series Mask, Marriage and Dark Star.

[...] Taking classic movie stills, vintage postcards and book illustrations, (John) Stezaker makes collages to give old images a new meaning. By adjusting, inverting and slicing separate pictures together to create unique new works of art, Stezaker explores the subversive force of found images [...]

more sources on Stezaker’s work:

wikipedia

whitechapel gallery

saatchy gallery

something wicked this way comes

Scent Stories by Polish design studio Ah&Oh: Perfume packaging concept for Men’s fragrance inspired by the dark literature of some of the most famous writers ever. Found here.

I want to put you on

From Sean Fader‘s “confidence man” and “I want to put you on” projects.

superhero

The Superhero Project by Abner Preis is a performance where the artist goes to work dressed as superhero in different cities around the world.

The project explores the unexpected moment of public intimacy that occurs between strangers who allow themselves to share the same imaginations with the artist.
Citizens access to the liberty of free expression that comes from wearing a mask and, by extension, the transformative power of fashion.

The Superhero Project will be presented in the context of ModoBrussels, Brussels’ premiere fashion event.

More info here & here.