Maren Hassinger, Ford Allen, and others

Daily Mask

1997-2004

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Maren Hassinger, Ford Allen, and others

Daily Mask

Artist: Maren Hassinger
Producer: Ford Allen
Lighting designer: David Flanigan
Sound engineer : David Flanigan
Editor: Donna Conlon
Assistant editor: Lori Kimboro
Music: Andrew Bailey
Prop master: CB Rawicz-Majcherski

Daily Mask

1997-2004

Physical Qualities 16mm film transferred to digital video (color, sound), 3:32 min.

Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Object Number 2018.110

Former director of MICA’s Rinehart School of Sculpture for nearly 20 years, Maren Hassinger popularized an experiential approach to sculpture grounded in performance, material exploration, and critical inquiry. In Daily Mask, she repeatedly drew black lines across her face until it was fully covered, evoking a history of blackface and minstrel shows. Using her own body as a site, Hassinger framed performance as a form of communication over entertainment, calling it “a spiritual endeavor.”

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2019

Christopher Bedford and Katy Siegel, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Every Day: Selections from the Collection," July 14, 2019 to January 5, 2020.

Kristen Hileman, Art + Practice and The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Maren Hassinger: The Spirit of Things," Art + Practice, February 24, 2018 to May 26, 2018; Circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, July 18, 2018 to November 25, 2018.

Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.