Secret Window #1

Troy Montes Michie

Secret Window #1, 202343.82 x 41.28cmSign in to view price
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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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Secret Window #2
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
Contre-Jour
Troy Montes Michie
Contre-Jour, 2023
43.18 x 64.77cm
Secret Window #1
Troy Montes Michie
Secret Window #1, 2023
43.82 x 41.28cm
Secret Window #2
Troy Montes Michie
Secret Window #2, 2023
43.82 x 41.28cm
Wash 'N' Fold
Troy Montes Michie
Wash 'N' Fold, 2022
119.38 x 45.72 x 24.13cm
Drapes
Troy Montes Michie
Drapes, 2022
69.85 x 50.8cm
Lisas
Pareja
Troy Montes Michie
Pareja, 2022
50.8 x 68.58 x 1.91cm
Mas Amarillo que la Cera
Troy Montes Michie
Mas Amarillo que la Cera, 2020
144.78 x 95.25cm
Secret Window #2
Troy Montes Michie
Secret Window #2, 2023
43.8 x 41.3cm
Secret Window #1
Troy Montes Michie
Secret Window #1, 2023
43.8 x 41.3cm
The Screens #1
Troy Montes Michie
The Screens #1, 2023
20.3 x 54.6cm
Contre-Jour
Troy Montes Michie
Contre-Jour, 2023
43.2 x 64.8cm
Scout
Lilacs
Company Gallery
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. ...

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