Do Not Adjust Your Screens
April 16 2021
Picture: smithsonianmag.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
"Why has AHN decided to utterly debase itself by using poor quality images?" - I know what you're thinking, but it's not my fault.
The picture above is a new piece of contemporary art by the Miaz Brothers in their upcoming show at the Maddox Gallery in London entitled The Past, Present & Imperceptible. The exhibition features blurred images of old master paintings by the likes of Caravaggio and Rembrandt.
Explaining these works in an article for the Smithsonian Magazine:
“[I]t is not possible to gaze passively. Instinctively, you are immediately prompted to engage on a physical level with what you see, moving closer or further away to decode what is before you,” say the brothers in a statement. “As memory begins to manifest and thoughts start taking form, emotions arise along with the possibility for reflection.”
Well, there it is.
