Sam Jedig’s Mask Series is an ongoing visual inquiry into identity, power, and historical memory. Started in the early 2000s during the Muhammad cartoon crisis, the series touches on the politics of visibility, protection, and symbolic violence. The masked figure becomes both the protector and the oppressor – a duality echoed in how masks function socially and culturally.
Works from the series have been presented in several solo exhibitions and appear under different titles such as Wish You Were Here, Unknown Heroes, Faces of Stone, and the Denmark Series. The latter includes interventions on old etchings of Danish royalty and aristocracy – reimagined through a contemporary lens that blends irony, memory, and critical reflection.
The series examines authority and vulnerability, iconography and disguise. From early works to recent pieces like Kings – Queens and Dictators (2021–22), Money Talks (2024), and A Dream (2025), Jedig revisits these tensions. One work depicts a masked Trump figure holding a "Make America Great Again" sign – only his hands are left unmasked, questioning recognition, authorship, and propaganda.
At its core, the Mask Series is about confrontation: between past and present, power and silence, protection and exposure. It speaks to how images can be remembered, recontextualized – or resisted.
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