iirc and those aren’t just any random faces; the artist takes moulds from the faces of real life people, creates a cast and pours out a reference to use for his works
yeah here’s an article on that
The labor-intensive process involves making a mold and cast of each model’s face, reworking the cast plaster sculpture, producing a version in resin and adding a chrome layer with artificial eyelashes. The final sculpture then serves as a model for the hyper-realistic oil painting
so he ‘immortalizes’ the beauty of existing black women, taking inspiration from
Benin ivory masks and Ife bronze heads(quoted from the same article)
macaulay culkin was forced into his career by his father through manipulation, gaslighting and humiliation as well as physical abuse. at fourteen, instead of hitting him back like his father demanded, macaulay called the police and put a stop to the suffering that he and his family were facing. when his parents went bankrupt, macaulay offered up his own money to his mother and siblings and stepped up as the father figure to his five younger siblings. he’s publicly supported lgbt and pro-black charities for decades (x, x) and dedicated a good two pages of his book to naming conservatives and abusers that he hates. he risked his own reputation to defend michael jackson in court and treats michael’s daughter, paris, like his own. macaulay culkin is an amazing person whose made all of us happy over the years, and 2018 WILL be the year we repay him by supporting his hipster lifestyle website.
to wlw of color, especially Black and Indigenous folks, to muslim and jewish wlw: i have so much love for you. you are resilient. you are valued. please take care of yourselves and each other. we cannot ignore the emotional and physical violence which threatens our existence but if we practice solidarity within our community, we are stronger than them. you are important.
