Massao Mascaro

Massao Mascaro (b. 1990, Lille) is a Brussels-based photographer who studied at Le 75 in Brussels and Blank Paper Escuela in Madrid. His work begins with territory — gardens, streets, public parks — treating these spaces as recurring, almost mythical sites rather than bounded locations. His series Jardin received the BOZAR Monography Series Award in 2016 and was presented at the Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, in 2017. The related photobook was published in 2019 by Witty Books and L’éditeur du dimanche in an edition of 500 copies.

The material gathered here records that practice through gallery-issued artist cards and printed ephemera.

  • Recto Massao Mascaro, Untitled (Jardin #25), 2016. Galerie C Contemporary Art. Card recto: monochrome photograph on heavily textured card — a nude figure lying face-down on a brick ledge, head turned to one side, one arm raised; concrete surface and dark foliage visible behind; soft diffuse light; high-grain, low-contrast silver gelatin aesthetic. Verso Massao Mascaro, Untitled (Jardin #25), 2016. Galerie C Contemporary Art. Card verso: heavily textured white card; large blind-embossed text filling the upper two-thirds — Francis Ponge quotation beginning 'La tâche de l'artiste est', impressed into the paper with no ink; 'C' logo in small serif upper left; three-column footer in small monospaced type — 'Galerie C / Contemporary Art', 'Citation: / Francis Ponge', 'Image: Massao Mascaro, «Untitled (Jardin #25)», 2016'.

    MASSAO MASCARO — Untitled (Jardin #25), 2016. Galerie C Contemporary Art

    MASSAO MASCARO — Untitled (Jardin #25), 2016. Galerie C Contemporary Art