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Studies, Abel's Mask, 2018

This is a Studies. It is dated 2018. Its medium is graphite on tracing paper and plaster; staged 2018, the weeknd coachella festival, indio, california, usa . It is a part of the department.

“Abel’s parents emigrated from Ethiopia to Toronto before he was born. For this 2018 Coachella performance, we researched together the linear, scarred inscriptions on Ethiopian masks. We incorporated them into a 3D scan of Abel’s head.”

It is credited Courtesy of Es Devlin.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition An Atlas of Es Devlin.

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