Choosing another face
© Susan Dorothea White
Choosing another face 1992lithograph (bleed print)
38 x 57 cm (image and sheet)
edition of 20, plus 3 artist’s proofs (23 impressions)
Artist's Statement:
Influenced by the poem by Mexican poet and diplomat, Octavio Paz (1914–1998),"El oto / The other":
He invented a face for himself.
Behind it
he lived, died and was resurrected
many times.
His face now
today has the wrinkles of that face.
His wrinkles have no face.
Behind it
he lived, died and was resurrected
many times.
His face now
today has the wrinkles of that face.
His wrinkles have no face.