Whether in volcanic fields or Arizona deserts, Jym Davis creates masks that reflect the land in which they were made. Davis, who has been invited to be a National Park artist-in-resident multiple times, then displays these creations against the terrain that inspired them. The artist has described myself as not only a sculptor and photographer, but a “myth builder.”
“As I work the masks begin to take on the personality of the terrain and the animals that inhabit the area,” the artist has said. “Sometimes my masks are inspired by a fossil or a single artifact. Each mask becomes an expression of the landscape, with characteristics emerging as sharp angles, prickly spikes, gentle curves, or rounded edges.”
See more of the artist’s masks below.
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Travel to a time where humans prevail in all their primeval glory in Attaboy's new show at The Compound Gallery. This body of work includes the buzzed-about rock paintings on rocks, adding to the meta-nature of the new show that seems to be extracted from animation. Is this place the fate of the future or is it a temporal glimpse into our primitive past? Either way, you are sure to enjoy a silent moment with the Monocrag—or take a hike on the Triple Cragscape. Come for the humans, stay for the future. The "Future Human" sideshow will be up in the grey gallery beginning October 19, so you better get yourself a souvenir before this painted epoch ends.
