Work on Panel by Mark Westervelt: Identity

Pale head with a reddish crop of hair floats on a black field of looping marks.

This work on panel is by Mark Westervelt, and is ca. 2014. It is paint on panel. Faces and figures recur in his work as a way to express inner conditions of the self, and he has said he hopes viewers first think wow and then what. Simply put, a cream head on a straight neck with an auburn fringe and bright red lips sits against solid black. Tiny lettering is printed across its forehead, cheek and chin. White calligraphic scribbles and circles drift around, and a monogram marks the corner. It is 10 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 10 high.

Wears its labels right on its face.