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'Rictus Sardonicus'
Judith Mason at Gallery AOPThe inimitable Judith Mason returns with her first solo show since her 2008 career retrospective at the Standard Bank Gallery. With this new body of work Mason explores the expressive potential of the open, grinning mouth. The mixed media drawings take as their point of departure a series of anonymous dental x-rays sent to her by a British collector. The results, while a bit schlock-horror (flies swarming the open orifice of Mouthpiece Prophet), are less Bacon-esque than you might think, with some moments of wry humour elevating the exhibition beyond the predictable.
10 September 2011 - 01 October 2011
