Mask 1
2023
Used VHS cassette tapes and paint on wood
52cm x 56.5cm
The artwork features vintage comedy titles, including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Groundhog Day, As Good as it Gets, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Airplane, East is East, South Park, The Full Monty, The Mask and more.
Made from VHS tapes contributed by members of the public. As a social art project, the process is open to everyone. Find out how to recycle and include your obsolete materials in future artworks by getting in touch.
“Offspring of Metropolis and Ex Machina, Gentry’s wide-eyed people, who wear informational histories on their skins, tell us as much about the future as they do about the past.”
‘Mask 1’ in Skin Deep solo show at Robert Fontaine Gallery (photo by Michael R Lopez)
