Acrylic

Size 92 x 65

Price 3500 €

The painting presents a row of traditional Kukeri masks, their exaggerated faces frozen between laughter and menace. Carved eyes bulge wide, mouths stretch into toothy grins or silent screams, and horns twist upward like unanswered questions. Painted in fierce reds, deep blacks, and flashes of gold, each mask feels alive—watching, judging, hiding.

Though rooted in folklore, the masks speak beyond tradition. Each face suggests a role: the protector, the trickster, the tyrant, the fool. Together they form a quiet confession—that identity is not singular. Just as the Kukeri wear masks to chase away evil and invite renewal, people too shift their faces depending on fear, survival, love, or power.

Beneath the layered wood, bells, and symbols lies an unsettling truth: the most frightening mask is not the one worn for ritual, but the one worn every day. The painting becomes a mirror, asking the viewer which face they recognize—and which ones they hide.