{"product_id":"still-life-of-mongolian-masks-photography","title":"Mongolian Painted Masks Photography Print, Black and White Expressive Still Life Wall Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis black and white Mongolian mask photography print gathers painted faces with wide eyes and varied smiles. Its close expressions and worn surfaces make a distinctive figurative wall art accent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanding before these Mongolian masks, I was drawn to the different expressions gathered together. A large smiling face occupies the upper right, while smaller masks crowd the foreground and the space behind it. I photographed them in black and white, allowing the painted features and worn surfaces to carry the still life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe faces have several things in common, but they do not feel identical. Dark brows curve above wide eyes, mouths open into different shapes, and the largest mask has deep lines across its forehead. Some faces are paler than others. I like how those changes keep the eye moving through a closely filled frame, from one expression to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir surfaces add another kind of detail. Small cracks, rubbed areas and uneven patches interrupt the smooth painted cheeks. Light catches the raised noses and rounded brows, while the eye openings and mouths become darker points. I kept the background less prominent, with enough surrounding objects visible to show that the masks were part of a larger group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor me, the photograph works between the familiar shape of a face and the visible surface of an object. The expressions feel lively, but the marks in the paint keep the masks tangible. The close arrangement lets both qualities remain present, giving the still life a mixture of humour, texture and the slightly uncanny feeling that first held my attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e© Dan Kosmayer, 2022\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Kosmayer Photography","offers":[{"title":"5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.8 cm)","offer_id":67587360882767,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 × 8 inches (15.2 × 20.3 cm)","offer_id":67592584265807,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)","offer_id":43580080554063,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)","offer_id":67593264627791,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)","offer_id":43580080586831,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11 × 17 inches (27.9 × 43.2 cm)","offer_id":67594132881487,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 × 16 inches (30.5 × 40.6 cm)","offer_id":43580080619599,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 × 18 inches (30.5 × 45.7 cm)","offer_id":67595034263631,"sku":null,"price":56.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)","offer_id":43580080652367,"sku":null,"price":63.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 × 24 inches (40.6 × 61.0 cm)","offer_id":67595762106447,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18 × 24 inches (45.7 × 61.0 cm)","offer_id":43580080685135,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 × 28 inches (50.8 × 71.1 cm)","offer_id":67600684613711,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 × 36 inches (61.0 × 91.4 cm)","offer_id":43580080717903,"sku":null,"price":105.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"28 × 40 inches (71.1 × 101.6 cm)","offer_id":67597765050447,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 × 40 inches (76.2 × 101.6 cm)","offer_id":43580080750671,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (29.7 × 42.0 cm)","offer_id":43805496967247,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42.0 × 59.4 cm)","offer_id":43804807561295,"sku":null,"price":72.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm)","offer_id":43804869951567,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84.1 x 118.9 cm)","offer_id":67747730522191,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/9685\/2047\/files\/Mongolian-Painted-Masks-Black-and-White-Still-Life-Photography-1.jpg?v=1792010227","url":"https:\/\/dinkosmayer.com\/products\/still-life-of-mongolian-masks-photography","provider":"Dan Kosmayer Fine Art Photography","version":"1.0","type":"link"}