Stephan Keating

"Concealment is sexy.  There’s nothing more tantalizing than that which is hidden Equal parts Venetian Carnival, S&M Dungeon, and clubkid nightclubbing accoutrement, masks of Stephan Keating are delicate, libidinous and terrifying. As if from the fever dream of the Marquis de Sade—had he attended a New Orleans Mardi Gras—Keating transforms traditional European mask forms into hyper-modern artworks utilizing a mapanoply of repurposed materials, from snakeskin to retired disco balls"