The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY, January 26- May 6, 2007
New York artist, Devorah Sperber deconstructs familiar masterpieces to address the way the brain processes visual information versus the way we think we see. <
Using ordinary spools of thread, Sperber creates pixelated, inverted images of familiar art pieces, which appear as colorful abstractions to the naked eye. <
When viewed with optical devices, however, the works becomes immediately recognizable as the famous paintings.<
A clear acrylic sphere, positioned in front of each work, functions like the human eye and brain.