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Todd Gray — Hands
Todd Gray

Hands

2015

Todd Gray's "Hands" (2015) presents two archival pigment prints unified within a single sculptural proposition, each image held in frames of the artist's own design. The pairing is deliberate and loaded, inviting the viewer to read across the divide between two photographic surfaces as though deciphering a conversation conducted through gesture. Hands, as subject matter, carry an almost inexhaustible symbolic weight, and Gray deploys that charge carefully, grounding abstracted meaning in the tactile specificity of the photographic medium and the considered materiality of the frames themselves. Gray, who has worked across photography, performance, and installation since the 1980s, consistently interrogates the ways in which bodies, histories, and cultural narratives intersect. This work is characteristic of his mature practice, in which the frame is never merely containment but becomes an active formal element, collapsing the distance between object and image. The artist-designed frames transform the prints into something closer to sculptural reliefs than conventional photographs, reinforcing the sense that what is depicted and how it is presented are inseparable concerns. "Hands" is offered as a unique work, meaning no other example of this specific configuration exists. For collectors drawn to photography that refuses easy categorization, this piece represents a considered and rare opportunity. At 76.8 by 62.2 by 7.6 centimeters, the depth of the object is significant enough to register physically in any installation context, and the work arrives signed and framed, complete as the artist intended. It is currently available through Meliksetian | Briggs.

Medium
2 archival pigment prints in artist’s frames
Overall
Framed
Signed
Yes
Location
Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles, CA

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Todd Gray, Hands, 2015

Todd Gray's "Hands" (2015) presents two archival pigment prints unified within a single sculptural proposition, each image held in frames of the artist's own design. The pairing is deliberate and loaded, inviting the viewer to read across the divide between two photographic surfaces as though deciphering a conversation conducted through gesture. Hands, as subject matter, carry an almost inexhaustible symbolic weight, and Gray deploys that charge carefully, grounding abstracted meaning in the tactile specificity of the photographic medium and the considered materiality of the frames themselves. Gray, who has worked across photography, performance, and installation since the 1980s, consistently interrogates the ways in which bodies, histories, and cultural narratives intersect. This work is characteristic of his mature practice, in which the frame is never merely containment but becomes an active formal element, collapsing the distance between object and image. The artist-designed frames transform the prints into something closer to sculptural reliefs than conventional photographs, reinforcing the sense that what is depicted and how it is presented are inseparable concerns. "Hands" is offered as a unique work, meaning no other example of this specific configuration exists. For collectors drawn to photography that refuses easy categorization, this piece represents a considered and rare opportunity. At 76.8 by 62.2 by 7.6 centimeters, the depth of the object is significant enough to register physically in any installation context, and the work arrives signed and framed, complete as the artist intended. It is currently available through Meliksetian | Briggs.

Medium
2 archival pigment prints in artist’s frames
Dimensions
overall: 76.8 x 62.2 x 7.6 cm • framed: 76.8 x 62.2 x 7.6 cm
Year
2015
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles, CA

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