I just finished this 'Protector' mask and shipped it to Hastings, England for a seaside art show entitled ART DEFENDS NATURE (opening August 26, Bat Cave Gallery at Rock-A-Nore). This mask includes trinkets and trash, collected during my recent Hastings / South England road trip. The objects included: bottled 'spoiled' beach & soil samples, discarded items like cork and keys, capiz and other shells, bells, rags, wood and glass beads, and (appropriately) an old paint brush. I'm donating 100% of sale profits to Extinction Rebellion Hastings, the sponsor of the show. The ART DEFENDS NATURE show asks the question, 'how can artists respond to the madness of the climate crisis? Not only to protest but to really see and truly celebrate the mystery and beauty that surrounds us. Can art help to change our relationship and connection to the natural world?' In my concept (based on a dream), the mask is for a protector figure who absorbs the detritus and debris that humans carelessly toss out. The piece symbolizes the burden of materialistic excess, which ultimately results in the despoiling of the natural world
Jym Davis
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