{"id":450239,"date":"2025-02-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=450239"},"modified":"2025-02-12T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:37:25","slug":"lena-guberman-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/02\/lena-guberman-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lena Guberman\u2019s Emotive Sculptures Call Upon Childhood Social Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with brown hair, with a dead red bird on her nose\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1.jpg 1875w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1-640x556.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1-960x835.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1-768x668.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-1-1536x1335.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1875px) 100vw, 1875px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All images courtesy of Lena Guberman, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Lena Guberman\u2019s Emotive Sculptures Call Upon Childhood Social Anxiety<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-12T12:00:00-06:00\">February 12, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-craft\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craft<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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that enable us to feel less fearful. For <a href=\"https:\/\/lenag.carbonmade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lena Guberman<\/a> (<a href=\"\/tags\/lena-guberman\">previously<\/a>), a recent series of ceramic sculptures titled <em>INS_IDE_OUT<\/em> delves into her childhood experiences with social anxiety and the uncertainties of the unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The mask provides a protective shell and presents a &#8216;perfect&#8217; appearance to the outside world but&nbsp;fails to stop the fears and emotions from bursting out,&#8221; Guberman tells Colossal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-960x1399.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-450256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-960x1399.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-640x932.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-5-scaled.jpg 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each piece is modeled on the same melancholy face of a young, brown-haired girl, with painted and sculpted elements that range from spikes to arrows to a dead bird. Emotionally evocative and sometimes slightly unsettling, her sculptures explore the spectrum of feelings associated with anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guberman is currently planning a project that expands upon her use of ceramics by adding other materials. See more work on her <a href=\"https:\/\/lenag.carbonmade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lenaguberman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/lenaguberman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-960x1097.jpg\" alt=\"a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with brown hair, with numerous arrows sticking out of her face\" class=\"wp-image-450250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-960x1097.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-640x731.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-768x878.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-1344x1536.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911-1792x2048.jpg 1792w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-3-scaled-e1739377369911.jpg 1886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-960x1317.jpg\" alt=\"a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with brown hair, with a small figure of another girl standing on the head, wearing a red-and-white striped dress\" class=\"wp-image-450252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-960x1317.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-640x878.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-768x1053.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-1120x1536.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-1493x2048.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-6-scaled.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-4.gif\" alt=\"a gif of a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with red stars and creatures painted on it\" class=\"wp-image-450251\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2-960x825.jpg\" alt=\"a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with brown hair in braids that are engulfing her face\" class=\"wp-image-450249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2-960x825.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2-640x550.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2-1536x1320.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-960x1298.jpg\" alt=\"a ceramic mask with the face of a young girl with brown hair and a very long, skinny red tongue draped from her mouth\" class=\"wp-image-450253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-960x1298.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-640x865.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-1136x1536.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-1515x2048.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-7-scaled.jpg 1893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-960x1280.jpg\" alt=\"a figure holds a small ceramic mask in front of their face, featuring a white finish and spikes protruding from its surface\" class=\"wp-image-450255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/guberman-9-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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