08/07/2026
What cultural tradition does this image bring to mind?
Your first answer is part of the work.
This contemporary reimagining functions as a cultural trompe-l’œil, inviting us to question how quickly we assign cultural origins to what we see—and how easily certainty is shaped by inherited narratives rather than observation.
Most viewers answer with confidence. Many will be wrong.
A meditation on perception, identity, and the fragile boundary between recognition and assumption, the work reveals how appearances can deceive.
A clue: her gaze echoes that of the animal long associated with the city.
The reveal will follow