The broad cranial dome and clawed lateral limbs have the flattened, frontal solidity of Mesoamerican jade carving, monstrous faces built for architecture rather than narrative. Ibi complicates that stillness with jagged interior linework that fractures the face into competing planes - the calm of the silhouette constantly undercut by what's happening inside it.
The broad cranial dome and clawed lateral limbs have the flattened, frontal solidity of Mesoamerican jade carving, monstrous faces built for architecture rather than narrative. Ibi complicates that stillness with jagged interior linework that fractures the face into competing planes - the calm of the silhouette constantly undercut by what's happening inside it.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery