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The Incognito Project Book, signed, limited edition

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As featured in The Huffington Post. Full-color book. 125 pages featuring details and commentary on 25 oil portraits. The Incognito Project asked models to reveal their alter-egos.

We all have hopes and dreams. Even as adults we still have what if  fantasies. Exploring that idea is at the heart of this project.

9″w x 12″h
128 Pages
Limited Edition
Signed, Hand-Numbered
Hardcover

The project in 4 parts

  1. A 2010 costume party/photo shoot.
  2. 25 pieces, designed and painted over the span of the next 2 1/2 years.
  3. An exhibit of the ensuing work, shown at Art Folk Gallery in Birmingham, AL, Nov 3, 2012.
  4. A 128 page hardcover, signed, numbered and limited-edition book was published by Matter Deep Publishing. It includes photos from the costume party, images of the paintings, ideas about the incognito concept, quotes from the models and more.
For all the veracity implied by her meticulous and unflinching style, the works maintain a seductive fantasticalness and seem to dance a jig on the line between the real and the imaginary. "
-Graham C. Boettcher, Director, Birmingham Museum of Art
They gathered and donned their costumes under the watchful eye of “The Dame”. This was no ordinary party though. The artist and the participants conspired. The guises were not simple whimsy, each were significant in their own way.  Did they conceal themselves, did they reveal true selves, become something they aspire to, or divulge some fantastic alter ego, which is more descriptive than their “true” image?​

The event and the resulting 25 award-winning portraits of the guests in their guises are cleverly and beautifully documented in this high quality, limited edition art book. Photos of the event as well as writings by the artist, the participants and an assortment of other commentators, punctuate the glossy photos of the exquisite paintings. All this is wrapped up in a campy film noir theme to deliver a coffee table art book that is far more entertaining than you thought possible.
This form of play is her invitation to her friends, and her skill as a painter is devoted to communicating to them, and to us, her affection, both for the person as they are, and as they understand themselves."
-Daniel Maidman, The Huffington Post, Oct 2012
Artist Terry Strickland knows that the secret to throwing an effective party is to plan some things, and let others just happen."
-Phillip Ratliff, B Metro Magazine, (from The A-List: Terry Strickland, Jan 2013)

They revealed their secret selves.
©2016 Terry Strickland Art