Rick Bartow (1946-2016)
Masking, 2015
acrylic on canvas
36" x 36" in
$22,400
If there’s one single recurring motif in Bar- tow’s work that appears throughout his ca- reer and across all his chosen mediums and aspects of style, it is the mask....
If there’s one single recurring motif in Bar- tow’s work that appears throughout his ca- reer and across all his chosen mediums and aspects of style, it is the mask. In its very definition, it expresses the idea of some- thing that is hidden yet present, and speaks to the kind of paradox Bartow found most appealing — how a thing or a man can be both entirely itself or himself, while also being entirely something else altogether.
A mask is perfect when considering how a disguise can reveal a deeper reality. -LA Weekly
