Perpicere: States of Transition

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Curated by BSMT Gallery, States of Transition, a new body of work by Perspicere, continues his meticulous exploration of the human condition through thread. Each piece is built by wrapping thread around nails, layer upon layer, colour upon colour, until a photo-realistic portrait emerges from thousands of intersecting lines.

Perspicere, Latin for “to see clearly” or “to see through”, subjects that very idea to scrutiny. Veil-like forms and shifting surfaces complicate the act of seeing, while the work itself changes depending on distance, reflecting the way perception is fluid and unreliable.

This new series turns toward the uncertain space between one state of being and another, between presence and absence, visibility and concealment. Meaning is not immediately given but gradually uncovered, inviting an active process of looking, questioning, and reconstructing what is seen.