A curation by Natalie Slater, Curator at Singulart - This selection considers the body through proximity rather than portraiture. Faces are cropped, obscured, or turned away, shifting attention toward gesture, skin, posture, and the physical presence of the figure. The camera moves closer, allowing individual fragments of the body to carry the image.
Proximity changes the experience of looking. Viewed at close range, the body feels less like a subject to be observed and more like a presence occupying the same space as the viewer. A shoulder, a hand, the curve of a back, or the bend of a knee can communicate as much as an entire figure. Intimacy is created not through exposure, but through distance—or the lack of it.
Rather than presenting the body in full, these works rely on fragments, cropped compositions, and partial views. The result is a quieter form of intimacy, one shaped by closeness and sustained attention rather than spectacle.
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