{"product_id":"fotomatones-2009","title":"FOTOMATONES, 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwelve faces, six boards, endless readings. These oil diptychs—each panel holding two portraits—compose a fragmented chorus of masculine identities. Created around 1990 by an unknown artist, the series operates on the edge of recognition and disappearance. Are these self-portraits? Prisoners? Ghosts? The repetition is deliberate but unstable, suggesting a process of becoming rather than being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artist’s anonymity deepens the work’s resonance. Freed from biographical narrative, the viewer is left with pure tension: between gesture and silence, surface and psyche. Some figures stare back with clarity; others dissolve into raw brushwork and tonal ambiguity. The chromatic scale moves from oxidized ochres to near-monochrome greys and greens, each diptych a distinct emotional register.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile each board stands alone (37.5 × 52.5 cm), the proposed composition—two panels per row, three rows total—transforms the six into a single modular portrait. Installed together, the work measures 112.5 × 105 cm. The display echoes the format of a contact sheet, a photobooth, or a fragmented iconostasis. No frame binds them yet; the decision remains open, charged with curatorial potential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Darwin, we present them as a complete, unresolved entity: twelve unnamed faces that do not form a whole—but something more haunting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Fotomatones (set of 6 diptychs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: Twelve Faces Without a Name\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: Unknown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: c. 1990\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnique \/ Printing Method: Oil painting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Oil on board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Unique works (6 boards \/ 12 portraits)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: No\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFraming: Unframed (ideal for unified hanging)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: Each panel 37.5 × 52.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTotal Dimensions (proposed layout): 112.5 × 105 cm (3 rows of 2 diptychs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Excellent, with expressive surface variation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Private Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51874720055634,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/mexican-full_5.jpg?v=1768172501","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/fotomatones-2009","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}