Refiguring the Gaze
- Apr 27
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Updated: May 2
Abstract: This essay examines the portrait practice of Adam Grose as a critical intervention into historical conventions of representation. His work seeks to interrogate what it means to be seen, shifting emphasis from the authority of the artist toward the agency of the sitter.
By framing portraiture as a relational encounter, Grose challenges entrenched hierarchies of visibility and engages with broader discourses surrounding identity, memory, and historical erasure. Situating his work within contemporary portrait painting and print, this paper argues that Grose reconfigures portraiture as a site of ethical recognition, material inquiry, and co-authorship between history and the artist.
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