"see for yourself"The viewer is invited to understand the confusion with which I try to manipulate and interpret my own appearance. Each pair of glasses is a different prescription, alluding to the many perspectives with which people perceive an individual's appearance. "what do I look like, how do I know?"My self-image is uncertain, as I'm no longer certain in my ability to judge and value my own appearance, so it is clarified through the perspective of others. However, no one judgement is accurate, and each distorts reality in its own manner.
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I affixed the drawing to a canvas so I could attach the eyehooks to the frame. Then I used thread to tie glasses together and create an overlay for the canvas. It took a bit to figure this part out, and I experimented with wire but it was too difficult to work with. I chose to leave half of the piece uncovered with the intention to provide the viewer with an opportunity to see the raw drawing, and I thought this would be more interesting than covering the entire canvas. So I changed the subject of my painting. While I was in Europe I had a long time to thing about the idea, and it didn't feel as connected to my first piece as I wanted it to be. The subject of the painting is inspired by the first piece, following the motif of distortion through glass. The blue is leftover from when I toned the canvas for the first idea I had, and because acrylic is opaque I didn't feel the need to paint over it.
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