PRIVACY, from the series: Disappearing Act -2020

       Privacy is a 17” high x 66” wide acrylic painting directly based on the images from the book Pseudo-isochromatic Plates for Testing Color Perception, American Optical Company, 1940. In creating Privacy, I was influenced by color-blindness studies. The intended metaphor in this piece is that without the ability to see color, one cannot perceive the message either. The loss of seeing color essentially eliminates traditional value in art for the viewer. The current exponential use of social media in our collective quarantine creates a dubious and equivocal connection to one another while diminishing privacy. Making art needs privacy. What value do we each put on our privacy?