Mouth of Truth
They say Sissitrix never painted the same face twice. They are wrong. One was painted five times—each, iteration rubbed out of pitch-dark ground with chalk and desperation, each one a little wider at the mouth than the last.
Thomas, Rome
They say Sissitrix painted repetitively the same dark portrait, leaving it in five cities, like a chorus of voices. Each version is chalk-drawn on a pitch-dark ground, a face emerging out of shadow rather than drawn.
Marisol, Cairo
They say Sissitrix painted repetitively the same dark portrait, leaving it in five cities, like a chorus of voices. Each version is chalk-drawn on a pitch-dark ground, a face emerging out of shadow rather than drawn.
Caleb, Moscow
They say Sissitrix painted repetitively the same dark portrait, leaving it in five cities, like a chorus of voices. Each version is chalk-drawn on a pitch-dark ground, a face emerging out of shadow rather than drawn.
Evelyn, London.
They say Sissitrix painted repetitively the same dark portrait, leaving it in five cities, like a chorus of voices. Each version is chalk-drawn on a pitch-dark ground, a face emerging out of shadow rather than drawn.
Lydia, Boston.
They say Sissitrix painted repetitively the same dark portrait, leaving it in five cities, like a chorus of voices. Each version is chalk-drawn on a pitch-dark ground, a face emerging out of shadow rather than drawn.