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Shadow and Illusion

I’ve chosen a collection of images that use strong contrast and value to create and emphasize shadows and negative space. I find the initial ambiguity and anonymity of these figures, places, and designs to be elusive of the real subject being represented.

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One of five prints from the suite "The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts"

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At the top of the print, there are three oval shapes, from the left, the first white and the next two black. Undulating horizontal black and white lines create a rectangular section at the center of the composition, interrupted to create other geometric shapes. There are light grey, black, and white triangles and squares at the bottom of the image. Overall, the background is a solid grey. The print is signed in pencil (l.r.) "Vasarely-" and numbered in ink (l.l.) "70/150".

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Shadows II, from "If & (Silk)"

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Casita de Campo

A black and white lithograph print of a house angled to the right. The right side has windows with open shutters that cast shadows. The face of the house is slightly shaded by a small porch, and two shuttered doors are open.

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Print featuring a stage with a figure of a man with his feet touching his head while doing a handstand on a small table flanked by two chairs. His large shadow is cast on the wall behind him. The head and hands of a conductor are visible in the lower right.

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Two Zebra Nudes

Two cropped nude figures in front of a window, the shadows cast by the window blinds creating patterns on their skin.

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A black and white lithograph depicts three door entrances from the inside of the building, and the shadow of the door frame is seen on the ground.

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A high contrast portrait of a woman. Shadows fall over half of her face creating a dramatic and graphic chiaroscuro. Her arm extends from the bottom left corner, comprising the majority of the compostion.

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Molly Rayanne McLaughlin
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