Troy Montes Michie

Secret Window #1, 202343.82 x 41.28cm7500 USD

Details

MaterialGallery

mixed media collage on paper Company Gallery

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork features a striking black and white photograph of a person's face encased within a geometric grid-like frame. The image is rendered in a monochromatic palette, with the subject's features softly illuminated against a dark, textured backdrop. The composition is centered on the subject's expression, capturing a pensive, contemplative mood. The framing device, composed of intersecting lines and shapes, adds a sense of depth and tension to the piece, hinting at themes of confinement or fragmentation. The artist's use of this unique framing technique, along with the stark, cinematic lighting, suggests an exploration of the relationship between the individual and their environment, as well as the nature of photographic representation itself. ...

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Artist

Troy Montes Michie

B.1985

Troy Montes Michie is an interdisciplinary painter and educator. Using collage as his methodology, Montes Michie engages with archives to reveal the complexity of the gaze and trouble the representation of powerful groups targeted for oppression. Employing an array of materials, Montes Michie investigates the influence of print media in mass culture, disrupting modes of consumption that historically erase and fetishize specific communities.

Troy Montes Michie: Artworks

Troy Montes MichieContre-Jour, 20237500 USD

Troy Montes MichieSecret Window #1, 20237500 USD

Troy Montes MichieSecret Window #2, 20237500 USD

Troy Montes MichieWash 'N' Fold, 202212500 USD

Troy Montes MichieDrapes, 202212500 USD

Troy Montes MichieLisas, 202212500 USD

Troy Montes MichiePareja, 202212500 USD

Troy Montes MichieMas Amarillo que la Cera, 202012500 USD

Troy Montes MichieSecret Window #2, 20238500 USD

Troy Montes MichieSecret Window #1, 20238500 USD

Troy Montes MichieThe Screens #1, 20238000 USD

Troy Montes MichieContre-Jour, 202310000 USD

Troy Montes MichieScout, 20235000 USD

Troy Montes MichieLilacs, 20235000 USD

Gallery

Company Gallery

New York City

Company Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at 145 Elizabeth street in the Soho neighbourhood of Manhattan. The gallery was established in 2015 by Sophie Mörner. Since 2022, Taylor Trabulus became a partner in the gallery. The gallery currently represents Tosh Basco, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Yve Laris Cohen, Hayden Dunham, TM Davy, Leyla Faye, Katherine Hubbard, Colette Lumiere, Jeanette Mundt, Raúl de Nieves, Troy Montes Michie, Women's History Museum, Ambera Wellmann and Cajsa von Zeipel, as well as the estate of seminal artist Barbara Hammer. The gallery creates artist books in tandem with Capricious Publishing, which was established in 2003 to support feminist and queer-focused art and writing. ...