◇ After
The Hooded Man, Abu Ghraib · unattributed US Army photograph (released 2004), 2003
The figure stands on a low wooden box with both arms held straight out. A single wire runs from one raised hand back to the chest, where the taped charges take the shape of the arches.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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