son•of•man

son•of•man revisits the central question posed by René Magritte's The Son of Man (1964): how much of a person can ever truly be seen? In 1964, obscurity existed as a physical interruption. The visible world concealed identity, suggesting that every act of looking was met with an unavoidable barrier. More than six decades later, the barrier has changed. We no longer hide behind objects, but behind the identities we continuously construct, perform, and replace through technology. Visibility has become constant, yet authenticity has become increasingly uncertain. son•of•man is not a recreation of René Magritte's iconic painting, but a conversation across time. It shifts the question from what prevents us from seeing to whether there is still a stable self to be seen at all. Between 1964 and 2026, the obstacle is no longer in front of the face. It has become the face itself.