HIDDEN F@CES is a series of digital portraits that interrogate the overexposure of self-image in the age of the selfie. This exponential phenomenon, flooding social networks with stylized representations, can be understood as a collective search for identity in the post-digital era. HIDDEN F@CES resists this trend by embracing concealment: each portrait is veiled in pixels, inviting viewers to reflect on what is lost when visibility becomes currency. Created using cross-digital techniques, these "hidden" faces conceptually challenge the aesthetic value of curated self-images. Rather than celebrating surface, the series proposes a quiet rebellion, anonymity as empowerment, and abstraction as a form of truth. It asks: in a world obsessed with exposure, might obscurity offer a more authentic form of presence?

hidden f@ces

Fine Art Print mounted on Dibond

2016

THE HIDDEN F@CES series was presented in the International Exhibition on Conceptual Art at the CICA Museum, held from May 6 to 29, 2016. The project is also featured in the exhibition catalogue ART YELLOW BOOK #3, which highlights selected works from the show.

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