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Cady Noland — Enquirer Page with Eyes Cut Out Template
Cady Noland

Enquirer Page with Eyes Cut Out Template

A work by Cady Noland featuring a page from the tabloid newspaper *The National Enquirer* with the eyes of depicted figures cut out, transforming the mass-media source material into a mask-like template. The piece reflects Noland's ongoing interrogation of American celebrity culture, violence, and voyeurism, using the act of removal to implicate the viewer in cycles of surveillance and spectacle. The cut-out eyes evoke both anonymity and accusation, destabilizing the boundary between observer and observed.

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 14, 2014

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Cady Noland, Enquirer Page with Eyes Cut Out Template

A work by Cady Noland featuring a page from the tabloid newspaper *The National Enquirer* with the eyes of depicted figures cut out, transforming the mass-media source material into a mask-like template. The piece reflects Noland's ongoing interrogation of American celebrity culture, violence, and voyeurism, using the act of removal to implicate the viewer in cycles of surveillance and spectacle. The cut-out eyes evoke both anonymity and accusation, destabilizing the boundary between observer and observed.

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Related themes

Bold, Conceptual, Figure, Installation, American, Found Object, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Pop Art Influence, Social Commentary, Newspaper, Portrait, Pop Culture, Ironic, Found Objects, Contemporary

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