Presence of Absence addresses the complexities of being both highly visible and invisible at once. Based on the visual phenomenon of motion parallax in which a single image changes in relation to the angular position of the viewer, the portrait presents a simple frontal image of a young Black man. As the position of the viewer shifts and light catches its hidden texture, a bold message appears to float on its surface: “Can You See Me Now?” The portrait compels the viewer to reflect on one's immediate and innermost responses: Who is represented? Who is implicated? What assumptions are we making about the people we face?
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Presence of Absence addresses the complexities of being both highly visible and invisible at once. Based on the visual phenomenon of motion parallax in which a single image changes in relation to the angular position of the viewer, the portrait presents a simple frontal image of a young Black man. As the position of the viewer shifts and light catches its hidden texture, a bold message appears to float on its surface: “Can You See Me Now?” The portrait compels the viewer to reflect on one's immediate and innermost responses: Who is represented? Who is implicated? What assumptions are we making about the people we face?
About Shipping:
Fine Art orders incur an initial $50 charge and additional handling and shipping charges due to the packaging and care required to protect the artwork. Our customer success team will contact you to quote and collect such additional charges, as applicable, and will ship within 7 days of receipt of their payment.
If the artwork is damaged in any way during shipping, please contact us right away with photographs documenting any such damages. We will seek to address the damage to customer satisfaction.
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“Presence of Absence addresses the complexities of being both highly visible and invisible at once. Based on the visual phenomenon of motion parallax in which a single image changes in relationship to the angular position of the viewer, the portrait presents a simple frontal image of a young Black man. As the position of the viewer shifts, however, a bold textual message appears to float on its surface: Can You See Me Now? The portrait along with its accompanying text compels the viewer to reflect on one's immediate and innermost responses: Who is represented? Who is implicated? What assumptions do we ourselves make?”—Marianetta Porter
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