“But even in this pockmarked home, a poke of the tongue only hints at First-Person feelings. Liberty Burgher is drawn tight inside a hood. The sentinel peeks through bucket hat eye-holes. Mooner only has eyes for a ring-light. The expressions of these freeze-framed clowns remain curiously hidden — behind the fringe, inside the bubble, under the cone.”

—Gemma Gracewood, Framing the Clown, 2025