Luke Stephenson is not Clowning Around
Posted in: artists On: September 23, 2008 posted by: kara
Luke Stephenson wrote to me to let me know that he has recently completed a new project, The Clown Egg Register. The project documents the specific makeup and wig style that each clown in the Clowns International has registered. Now, this might seem a little strange, and frankly, that's because it is strange. Yet somehow, the disembodied clown head eggs feel familiar and earnest in a special way. In Luke's own words:
This is a selection of Eggs from the collection held by Clowns International which is the oldest clown society in the world. When you are a clown and you join the society you get the chance to have your painted face registered which then acts in a way like clown copyright. I was privileged enough to be allowed to photograph a selection of these wonderful things shown here. They are all real clown faces, some of them are legends in clown terms.
Yes, baby it's a wild world.
All of the Clown Egg Register photographs can be seen here.
Luke's 20x200 editions:
Yellow Canary #1
White and Grey Canary #1
Luke's site
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