Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Dolls & Masks

Meatyard’s staged images—set in abandoned spaces and often using masks and props—are at once familiar and enigmatic, reflecting the artist’s fascination with the uncanniness of ordinary life.

Black-and-white photograph of a person wearing a rubber mask seated on a slanted surface next to another mask
Black-and-white photograph of a person wearing a rubber mask seated in a rowboat on the grass holding up another mask
Black-and-white photograph of three children holding baby dolls and a woman holding a mask over her face
Black-and-white photograph of a boy in a mask standing under a gall of a tree
Black-and-white photograph of a woman in a mask standing in a doorway with a child in overalls on the lower left
Black-and-white photograph of a boy seated among felled tree branches containing three masks scattered within them
Black-and-white photograph of a headless mannequin positioned on the ground next to a small doll hovering above a tray
Black-and-white photograph of eyeless doll lying on a bed through the metal bedframe
Black-and-white photograph of an assortment of rubber masks and doll heads positioned on two pedestals in an overgrown garden
Black-and-white photograph of a couple in masks laying on the floor in embrace
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