{"product_id":"a-face-kept-in-layers","title":"A Face Kept in Layers","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classical head rests against black, curls catching light the way marble has always caught light. Then the face itself gives way. Five thin planes hold the features apart, drifting just far enough from one another that eyes, nose and mouth are never quite whole in a single glance. Beneath it all the expression stays calm, almost unaware of what has happened to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere a face is treated as something layered rather than solid, the way memory keeps a person: not one continuous image but separate moments held slightly apart, still aligned, still recognisable, never quite touching. Looked at long enough, the gaps stop reading as breaks and start reading as breathing room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing was added to make this. No paint, no print, no ink shapes what appears here. The likeness is built from depth and from what has been left out, and it depends entirely on the light that finds it and the angle from which it is seen. Step past it and the face can nearly disappear into the black; stand still and it gathers itself back into a portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room the work is quiet and monumental, a single pale form suspended in the dark. Closer, that stillness resolves into a field of separations, each one catching its own sliver of light. It asks for both distances, the held breath from afar and the attention paid up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Face Kept in Layers continues the Art with Void series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through depth and absence rather than paint or print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA visual language where absence is not emptiness, but presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Some faces are kept whole by what holds them apart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore about the artist, process and materials can be found on the About page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this work, availability or shipping can be sent through the contact page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TD Fine Art Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59519388811589,"sku":null,"price":3750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/A_Face_Kept_in_Layers_thumbnail.jpg?v=1790625327","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/a-face-kept-in-layers","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}