Image courtesy of the artist.
Cutting together-apart
(2024 - ongoing series)
[Gold leaf on paper]
In this series of works on paper framing forms appropriated from the compositions of Eastern Orthodox icons are brought into relation with similar forms from the physical and digital compositions of smartphones. Each piece presents an imperfect pair of profiles gilded back-to-back on paper, their negative internal spaces removed to create little windows within their entanglement. In each work, the form borrowed from a religious icon looms slightly larger than its technological twin, so that smartphone is haunted by its other when viewed in strong light.
[Gold leaf on paper]
In this series of works on paper framing forms appropriated from the compositions of Eastern Orthodox icons are brought into relation with similar forms from the physical and digital compositions of smartphones. Each piece presents an imperfect pair of profiles gilded back-to-back on paper, their negative internal spaces removed to create little windows within their entanglement. In each work, the form borrowed from a religious icon looms slightly larger than its technological twin, so that smartphone is haunted by its other when viewed in strong light.