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  Hand (flat), 2008
 

Hand (flat), 2008
Talcum powder and acrylic on canvas,
6 x 6 in

 

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drawings/hands       

The act of sifting powder has recorded a hand’s presence and activity. Without a photographic element, not many “unskilled” processes are capable of directly creating responsive, graduated images.

Our opposable thumbs are thought to be responsible for the development of tools and therefore much of our contemporary world, including industrial mechanisms.