As I applied lipstick, fixed my hair to go out and tossed a hat on my head at the door, it occurred to me that people would rightly accept this face I presented as me – my identity. But truthfully, it was all slapdash. Long ago I combed my hair that way and it stuck, and whatever lipstick and rouge stood on top of the pile in the drawer I used. So, was there anything authentic of me to display to satisfy myself and the judgements of others? In pursuit of this I went to the radiology department of the hospital near me and sat for Xray’s of my head. Placing these in a sculptural setting beneath the slapdash choices revealed above, I named it Invented Self. Satisfied that there existed a structural foundation of me, I felt fine for a fanciful face to face the world.
“Invented Self” by Judith Peck, bronze, self x-ray and found objects, 62″ x 16″ x 16″.
