16-06-2017 16:04 via theartnewspaper.com

The eyes have it: Grasso's all-seeing pic at Art Basel

A new work by the French artist Laurent Grasso available with Sean Kelly at Art Basel (until 18 June) this week is all seeing. in the sense that the piece is dotted with numerous eyes. The work is part of Grassos Studies into the Past series, comprising famous portraits covered with silver so that only the recognisable retinas are on show. All of the eyes in this painting come from historical paintings found in museum collections including Kunstmuseum Basel. For Art Basel, i
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