JOAN LYONS

PRESENCES     

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1980, 11 offset lithographs in portfolio case, edition of 15, 171/2 x 24 1/2 "  

These prints were based on polaroid images, both B&W and color. One concern is masks, or more precisely, the self as a mask. My interested is in portraits as something other than frozen moments. Long exposures and constructed color obliterate detail and emphasize something else—presence.