What is rebuse? and how did Margo Humphrey use it in her paintings?

A rebus is a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures & individual letters. In the painting"The HIstory Of Her Life Written Across Her Face" Margo Humphrey used the senses of rebus by creating an image of her self & putting memories apon her face creating a sense of knowledge that her expression tells her stories.

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