Pop Top mask

Outsider art, USA

9 inches, aluminium pop tops

This is a modern version of tramp or prison art. Yes, someone had the patience to create this aluminum helmet mask out of hundreds of soda can pull tabs. It is quite wearable and will fit comfortably over most people’s heads. It was illustrated in the catalog for Masks--an Exhibition of Historic Masks and Contemporary Works published by James Cohan Gallery, 2007. It looks like it could be a chainmail helmet, which gives it a LARP or Renaissance fair appearance. Of course, it is way too frail to be used for Live Action Role Playing.