An Iconic Mask Acquires Haunting New Significance in Teresa Oaxaca’s Best-in-Show Painting
By Haven Ashley Inspired by the decadence and debauchery of the famed Venetian Carnival, Plague Mask, by painter Teresa Oaxaca, is a ghoulish reckoning of science and vanity. The life-size portrait, rendered in tones of pewter and smoked amethyst, was painted after the artist visited Italy, several years before mask-wearing became part of our […]