Tattooed Harlequin

Tattooed Harlequin, another name for the painting Shutovs cap. Does it reveal to us the essence of being, to be ourselves or to seem like someone hiding behind a mask?

The stern look of a beautiful stranger seems to be asking us about it. She has to play a role, pretending to be among the public. But she is strict with herself, there is an inner comfort of her natural feminine beauty and seductiveness dictated by the mores of the public.

She does not like the role that she has to play, pretending to be a jester, but the cap can no longer be removed!

Published in Russian Gallery XXI century #5 2022.