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Felipe Fredes
Self-Portrait, silver gelatin print on canvas, neuroscience triptych

2017

About the Item

As an artist and neuroscientist, Fredes uses a scientific process called freeze fracture labeling, and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to take images of the brain tissue at a sub-cellular scale and then transfer the image via silver gelatin. This resolution is 1,000 times greater than a light microscope and about 500,000 times greater than that of a human eye. The result is a crater-like abstraction that serves as the foundation of his Self-Portrait. Furthermore, Fredes is interested in how the viewer’s eyes meet his work and the optical function of how our eyes see fine details, or our “foveal vision.” Inspired by the writing of Merleau-Ponty, he explains through his paintings that “vision is far from being passive, vision is active […] movement is a consequence of vision.” Our eyes naturally connect-the-dots through color, information, and details that will explain the narrative of the image so we can decipher it’s meaning. Fredes uses these silver gelatin printing sourced from his scientific practice to underscore the mystery and allure of the gaze moving across a crater-like landscape that makes up our brain. He then paints over a portion of the silver gelatin backdrop he finds most inviting and disrupts the composition, and ultimately, the gaze of the viewer. This work is exceptional because it’s his only Self-Portrait that encompasses Fredes’s favorite techniques as an artist and neuroscientist. It took nearly a decade to master this type of craftsmanship.
  • Creator:
    Felipe Fredes (1977, Chilean)
  • Creation Year:
    2017
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 39.4 in (100.08 cm)Width: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Brooklyn, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: FF0011stDibs: LU2589212659332
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