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Freaky and frightening latex masks of GG Allin, Booji Boy, Eddie the Head, André the Giant and more
09.07.2016
09:02 am
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Just in time for Halloween are these freaky as shit latex masks by Sikrik Masks. Each one is handmade and apparently the more notable faces you see here are officially licensed. From what I understand, the majority of the masks are limited editions, so get ‘em while you can.

My goal as an artist has always been to create works that I would want to own myself.  From my earliest memories I have always been fascinated by images and sounds that disturbed many of my peers. I find beauty in the macabre and bizarre. My works are a labor of love. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

You can visit Rik’s site for pricing and shipping information.


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Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.07.2016
09:02 am
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Artful, decadent (and slightly creepy) papier-mâché animal masks
10.22.2014
09:24 am
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Plague Doctor masks by Krista Argale
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Latvia-based artist Krista Argale makes her exquisite masks out of papier-mâché (the process of combining paper, water and glue to create a hardened material), then hand paints them with acrylic and in some cases, adds real fur to bring her spellbinding creations to life. The masks in Argale’s Etsy Shop, MiesmesaBerni have a whimsical and somewhat creepy Victorian vibe. Since starting up almost three-years ago, Argale has sold 1,200 masks to rave reviews from their recipients. Another thing that hit me in all the right spots was her artist’s statement:

I fell in love with the idea to become someone that you are not able to be in this life time. Personally, I knew that I didn’t want to be a superhero. I want to be something different, something from the old days. Most of us are wearing masks sometimes. For a better world - leave on the mask you need.

Indeed. Masks range in price from about $60 - $150 bucks.
 
Wedding guest goat mask by Krista Argale
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Panda Bear mask by Panda Bear mask
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Peter Rabbit mask by Krista Argale
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10.22.2014
09:24 am
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Lucha libre wrestlers? Nope, just some Chinese women at the beach
01.16.2014
12:52 pm
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Chinese photographer Peng Yangjun snapped these glorious—and slightly terrifying—photographs of Chinese women wearing colorful rubber face masks which protects their fragile, porcelain skin against the sun’s damaging rays.

Yangiun’s slightly twisted series of bathing suit beauties is titled, “Beach.”

I get wanting to protect your skin and all from the sun, but why just the face? Why not an entire rubber gimp suit? I mean, if you’re going to do it, do it right!
 

 

This woman knows what I’m talkin’ about.
 

 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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01.16.2014
12:52 pm
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‘One of Us:’ Stunning portraits of origami masks

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Designer Francesca Lombardi has created a menagerie of haunting origami animal masks, which have been photographed in beautiful black and white portraits by fashion photographer Giacomo Favilla for a series called “One of Us.”

Via the excellent arts blog Yatzer:

Titled ‘‘One of Us’’, the project consists of black and white portraits of people sitting in a vintage armchair, while wearing beautiful origami masks. With the intention creating an impression of an imaginary world, where animal and human natures blend together as one, each mask has been laboriously folded over and over again to resemble a different animal. Be the animal a puma, a rabbit, a crocodile or a cat – they all take their turn in ‘‘being the face,’’ be that temporarily, of a person sitting to have their photo taken where their most striking feature is the fact that they have no eyes – they are in fact stylised blindfolds in the shape of animals.

 
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DM readers in London might like to know that the series will be exhibited at The Book Club beginning on November 28th. Or 28 November, if you prefer.
 
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Posted by Ron Kretsch
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11.04.2013
10:39 am
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Cereal Thriller: Vintage cut-out-and-keep Devil Mask
04.29.2013
12:44 pm
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Having one of these for breakfast would have made me eat my Corn Flakes. A vintage cut-out-and-keep Halloween mask given free with Kellogg’s breakfast cereals.
 
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Via Not Pulp Covers
 

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04.29.2013
12:44 pm
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Iggy Pop Halloween mask
10.09.2012
12:15 pm
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Your pretty face is going to hell…

Just in time for Halloween: UK company Funky Bunky is selling an Iggy Pop paper mask—made from heavy card stock and elastic band—for £3.20 (around $5.00).

If Iggy ain’t your thing, perhaps Limahl of Kajagoogoo would be better suited for your never-ending Halloween story…

Via Cherrybombed

Posted by Tara McGinley
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10.09.2012
12:15 pm
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Sinister DIY Paper Faces for Kids (1968)
07.26.2012
03:33 pm
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Is is me, or is there something a wee bit sinister looking about these DIY children’s masks from the 1968 book Paper Faces by Michael Grater? These images will probably give me nightmares.
 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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07.26.2012
03:33 pm
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The Weird and Wonderful Masks of Wladysław Teodor Benda

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Wladysław Teodor Benda was a Polish-American painter, illustrator, and designer. His work illustrated magazine covers such as Colliers, American, McCalls, Good Housekeeping and Ladies Home Journal. Benda is best know for creating masks for various dance and theatrical productions, including works by Eugene O’Neil and Noël Coward, and the film The Mask of Fu Man Chu. His masks were ranged from the grotesque and the fantastic, to the highly stylized and the beautiful. Here Benda (or W.T.) presents a selection of his strange and fabulous masks in this short British Pathé clip from 1932.

See more of Benda’s work here.
 

 

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05.17.2012
05:06 pm
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Wild rope masks by Bertjan Pot
03.28.2012
12:14 pm
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What started out has an experiment with using rope as a material to make a flat rug, quickly turned into a whole other project of shaping the rope into extravagant masks for artist Bertjan Pot. He says, “The possibilities are endless, I’m meeting new faces every day.”
 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.28.2012
12:14 pm
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Creepy anatomical knitted masks
02.14.2012
04:43 pm
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Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something about these knitted masks by Los Angeles-based artist Ben Cuevas that gives off a super sinister vibe. But in a good way.

Forget those cliched Guy Fawkes masks, these are much better. That last one is very Devo, isn’t it?

Via Street Anatomy

 

Posted by Tara McGinley
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02.14.2012
04:43 pm
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Visit The Maskatorium
10.27.2009
07:38 pm
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Flickr user, EYE-talian, has a wonderful photostream of hundreds of masks collected from around the world. EYE-talian says, “I’ve been collecting masks since 1989 when I first purchased a mask in Cancun, Mexico. I was intrigued by the weird hallucinogenic Mexican masks because they looked similar to the oddball sketches I was doing at the time.

On subsequent visits I purchased additional masks, usually buying the most unusual masks I could find and/or what my budget and baggage limits would allow. In the meantime, I stumbled upon some very cool German paper mache, and starched buckram Halloween masks at antique shows around Cincinnati and picked those up as well. I never had any intention of amassing a formal “collection” but one thing lead to another and then…. Holy Shit… Ebay!

Besides Ebay, a few of the masks were given to me by fellow collectors and a handful were purchased at local import shops. Yes I have way too many, and unfortunately don’t have room to display them all. I began taking photos of them a few years ago as a record of what I had, and eventually ran across Flickr and decided to post them there.”
 
Visit Eye-talian’s The Maskatorium
 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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10.27.2009
07:38 pm
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