AKANTHA CHAPLIN Painting

THE FACE is YOU. Our face to face becomes a way to find ourselves in the characteristics of others. In every face, there is a trace of another face, which makes us know each other. If each face is opened, what emerges is the memory of the face. In the form of layers of masks on top of masks that cover our daily existence. The mask becomes a shield against time, to be present from moment to moment, rejecting temporality. The process of dialogue and communicating with the public is the core of the meaning of the work. Meaning is found in conversations and concrete encounters. The self or self-image, for Budiamin, is illusive and fluid. Images are constructed because of relationships with others, which are built by perception. Therefore, self-portrait means portrait-of-the-other. Other people may be present within us.