{"product_id":"palinurus","title":"Palinurus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe insect becomes a face. The face extends into the forest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalinurus takes its visual cue from \u003cem\u003ePapilio palinurus\u003c\/em\u003e, the emerald swallowtail, whose dark wings are crossed by luminous green bands. The work does not reproduce the species literally. It transforms its emerald and black palette into a hybrid mask where butterfly, plant and human features meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge dark eyes hold the centre of the composition. Veined wings, feather-like textures and long green extensions move outward across the burlap ground, while smaller black butterflies appear to settle along the structure. The result suggests an organism in transformation: part face, part insect and part growing branch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mask is formed in plaster and coloured by hand with professional cosmetics made for the human face. Makeup becomes sculptural material, fixing a practice usually associated with temporary transformation inside the shadow-box frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrés Vondash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51744537215291,"sku":null,"price":460.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1705\/6059\/files\/palinurus-andres-vondash.png?v=1790213159","url":"https:\/\/lascauxfive.com\/products\/palinurus","provider":"Lascaux","version":"1.0","type":"link"}