The mask I wear
DYBBUK MASQUE LXXXIII by Andres Del Vecchio is one of the faces I have worn as my own profile picture. Here is the artist behind the mask, a maker of the uncanny.
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Some art you hang. Some art you hide behind. Andres Del Vecchio's DYBBUK MASQUE LXXXIII is a piece I have literally worn as my face online, one of the artworks I rotate as my profile picture, because it says something about how I want to move through this space: masked, a little uncanny, watching more than watched.
The artist behind the mask
Andres is a photographer and filmmaker of the uncanny. His DYBBUK MASQUE series, part of the EMANATIONS body of work, takes the human face and makes it strange in a way that feels ancient, like a rite you half remember from a dream. Seven of his pieces are here, three of them won at auction on SuperRare. When I announced that I would start rotating artworks as my profile picture, his mask was the very first one I chose, and I said so plainly: such an amazing artist, with a story worth reading.
Why it is here
A profile picture is the smallest, most public choice a person makes online. It is the face you hand to strangers. I hand them his. That is about as strong a statement of belief as a collector can make without saying a word, and Andres earned it. Read the mask, then read the man behind it.