The Portrait Collection
Park Pardon’s collection of art prints for The Poster Club translates the duo’s three-dimensional papier-mâché masks into print form using an intriguing combination of paper and paint.
“We were looking for different ways to approach our masks in a two-dimensional form,” the duo notes.
“We found that by simply drawing or painting them, there was not enough difference between the masks and the prints as the medium stayed mostly the same, while the line drawings were a little too simplistic compared to our more detailed masks.” They discovered shapes that take on an abstract form using ripped pieces of painted paper.
Visible brush strokes on the strips of paper, torn to size, add a sense of tactility and vibrancy. These pieces are layered and shaped into faces with a unique look and feel.
From colourful checkerboard and grid-like faces to more classical expressions in earthy tones interspersed with vibrant pops of blue, yellow and red, the eight art posters are equal parts inviting and intriguing, with characterful collages, faces that subtly reference naïve and Indigenous art.
All art prints from this collection
