Hide And Seek
Hide And Seek
Signed Print
Conor Harrington
£1,700-£2,500
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94 x 70cm, Edition of 60, Screenprint
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Meaning & Analysis
Hide and Seek (2016) by Conor Harrington is a signed screen print depicting a man who holds a Venetian mask in his hands. The motif has become representative for the Irish artist’s body of work as the figure of a man with the mask holds a consistent presence in his prints created from 2016 onwards. Next to Transformer (2016), Grab Your Guise (2016), and Study For Hide & Seek (2018), this evocative print represents yet another dimension of the artist’s interest in the problems of cultural stereotypes and their influence on modern masculinity.
In contrast to Study For Hide & Seek made in preparation for the original 2016 print, the face of the central figure here lacks distinctive features. A transparent layer of blue paint covers the area of the face, otherwise striking with the overlapping layers of red and yellow colours. The effect achieved here is one of flatness. Featureless and uniform, the human face in the print hints at the processes of internalising social norms and adjusting to gender roles that prevail in the society. The period costume worn by the figure, combined with the Venetian mask as a central prop, creates a representation, in which boundaries between life and performance, authenticity and disguise, remain blurred.