{"product_id":"a-profile-lost-in-rhythm","title":"A Profile Lost in Rhythm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Profile Lost in Rhythm holds a face at the edge of recognition, caught inside a current of lines that never stop moving. The profile is there, unmistakably, in the tilt of a brow and the fall of a lip, yet it never fully steps forward. It stays folded into the rhythm around it, present and withheld at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo paint. No print. No ink. The image is scratched into the surface of the acrylic glass, a field of individual marks laid down not to build a picture but to remove one, until what remains is the shape of a person emerging from what has been taken away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a distance the piece reads as pure motion, a sweep of light and dark curling across the glass like water or wind given form. Step closer and that motion resolves into a field of fine scratches, each one part of a larger pattern, none of them a picture on its own. The face only appears once the whole surface is seen together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat tension between the many and the one is the quiet subject here. A profile lost in rhythm is a way of asking how much of a person can dissolve into pattern, into repetition, into the flow of a crowd or a system, before something essential still holds its shape. The dark silhouette is not absence. It is what remains constant while everything around it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image is always present, visible without the help of direct light. Light does not create it. It sharpens it, deepening the contrast and giving the scratched lines their shine, so the profile reads differently depending on where you stand without ever losing its form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Profile Lost in Rhythm continues the Art with Scratch series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through controlled surface damage rather than pigment or print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A shape can be lost in rhythm and still be the only thing you see.\"\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":59336050606405,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/A_Profile_Lost_in_Rhythm_thumbnail.jpg?v=1789333675","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/a-profile-lost-in-rhythm","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}