Marcus Nelson
Maskenfreiheit, 2025
Oil on canvas,
170 x 60 cm
170 x 60 cm
170 x 60 cm
Physically integrated within the walls of the Funkhaus, Berlin, Maskenfreiheit is a site-specific installation exploring the emotional disguises we wear in our daily lives to conform to societal expectations. Laughter...
Physically integrated within the walls of the Funkhaus, Berlin, Maskenfreiheit is a site-specific installation exploring the emotional disguises we wear in our daily lives to conform to societal expectations. Laughter is often a persona we present to the exterior world in order to fit in, masking our true feelings. Specifically made to fit within the buildings stark interior, the figures rendered in the diptych become part of the structure that contains them, exploring how urban structures and societal conformities frame and fragment our true self: our real emotions.