Essays, exhibition texts, and philosophical notes on art practice. For peer-reviewed academic articles and research papers, visit Selected Academic Publications ↗
Between the Face and the Dossier: The Ethical Distance of Portraiture
Examining Allan Sekula's archival theory, Alphonse Bertillon's biometrics, and Emmanuel Levinas's ethics of the face: why figurative portraiture resists identification.
Riegl's Age-Value and the Unaging Digital Image
Reading Alois Riegl's 'Alterswert' (age-value) against contemporary aesthetics: the biological patina of paint versus the immortal stagnation of digital media.
The Return of the Hand Mark: Matter of Painting in the Age of Automation
The resurgence of impasto, material resistance, and the bodily hand mark as critical counters to frictionless algorithmic automation.