Düsseldorf artist Volker Hermes mixes up historic portraits by hiding their faces. Volker admitted to utilizing Photoshop to disguise folks’s uniqueness by reshaping present components within the work.
The Hidden Portraits sequence by Hermes critiques riches, fame, and social standing. Because the artist famous, “Only the elite commissioned portraits. They were very expensive and full of codes and allusions in apparel or high-ranking traits that we no longer comprehend because our society is changing. We don’t grasp the remainder of the picture, therefore we largely gaze at the portrayed ones’ faces. I cover the person, so one must view the painting differently. I combine the past and present with parallels to modern culture.”
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