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The Prostitute presents a fragmented image reduced to a single feature. The absence of the full figure shifts attention to what remains visible, where identity is condensed into a surface shaped by interaction.
The work frames this reduction as a structural condition. The individual is not encountered as a whole, but through partial representations that are repeatedly engaged and altered. The smudged surface registers accumulation—contact, use, and transformation without continuity.
This condition produces a disjunction between presence and recognition. What is visible is accessible, yet incomplete; what constitutes the person remains obscured. Identity is not erased, but constrained within the limits of how it is perceived and engaged.
The piece isolates this dynamic as a broader principle: that systems of interaction can reduce individuals to functions, where visibility does not equate to acknowledgement, and where fragmentation becomes a persistent mode of existence.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 5 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 8.8 cm x 11 cm (2.8 X 3.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 8,8 x 11cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 18
The Prostitute presents a fragmented image reduced to a single feature. The absence of the full figure shifts attention to what remains visible, where identity is condensed into a surface shaped by interaction.
The work frames this reduction as a structural condition. The individual is not encountered as a whole, but through partial representations that are repeatedly engaged and altered. The smudged surface registers accumulation—contact, use, and transformation without continuity.
This condition produces a disjunction between presence and recognition. What is visible is accessible, yet incomplete; what constitutes the person remains obscured. Identity is not erased, but constrained within the limits of how it is perceived and engaged.
The piece isolates this dynamic as a broader principle: that systems of interaction can reduce individuals to functions, where visibility does not equate to acknowledgement, and where fragmentation becomes a persistent mode of existence.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 5 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 8.8 cm x 11 cm (2.8 X 3.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 8,8 x 11cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 18