Image essay #10
Tony Parillo’s sculpture Theatrics is a man in a pure white jester outfit with a black mask with a long nose and a white dunce hat. It is interesting considering jesters normally wear a lot of colors. The white contradicts the black mask with a long nose that to me represents lies and hiding behind them. The white outfit shows innocence and humor, but no humor is entirely innocent. All good comedians are smart and use their comedy to more easily speak the truth to people in a way they will accept it.