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Douglas Gordon — Blind Star series: Black Blind Grace
Douglas Gordon

Blind Star series: Black Blind Grace

2002

A cut photograph from Douglas Gordon's *Blind Star* series, *Black Blind Grace* involves the surgical removal or obscuring of the eyes from a found photographic image, disrupting the subject's gaze and identity. Gordon's intervention transforms the familiar into something unsettling, playing with themes of voyeurism, blindness, and the power dynamics of looking. The work reflects his broader fascination with perception, memory, and the psychological tension embedded within appropriated imagery.

Medium
cut photograph

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Douglas Gordon, Blind Star series: Black Blind Grace, 2002

A cut photograph from Douglas Gordon's *Blind Star* series, *Black Blind Grace* involves the surgical removal or obscuring of the eyes from a found photographic image, disrupting the subject's gaze and identity. Gordon's intervention transforms the familiar into something unsettling, playing with themes of voyeurism, blindness, and the power dynamics of looking. The work reflects his broader fascination with perception, memory, and the psychological tension embedded within appropriated imagery.

Medium
cut photograph
Year
2002
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Monochrome, Photography, Cut Photograph, Manipulation, Conceptual, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Scottish Artist, Experimental, Scottish, Contemporary Artist, Found Image, Appropriation Art, Black, Abstract Forms, Monochromatic, Altered Photography, Blind, Abstract, 2000s, Contemporary

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