Putting your [game] face on

This assembled sculpture was made while I was thinking of how women, especially myself, use make-up as a defense against the outside world. I know if I go to work or school without my make-up on I feel vulnerable, as if people are judging my flaws. It's like this thin coating of "paint" works as body or facial armour. Perhaps we haven't come very far from the days of our grandmothers who wouldn't leave the house without "putting their face on."