◇ After
Che Guevara in the starred beret (the Guerrillero Heroico icon), paired with a Black Panther-era Angela Davis likeness · Alberto Korda (source of the Che icon), 1960
The olive beret with its five-pointed star, the beard, the long hair, reproduced item for item. She leans in from behind, cheek against his, their hands clasped low in the frame.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
No owners on the platform yet. The room is waiting for the first.