— Roy Stuart, from his notebook, ‘The Architecture of Suggestion’
On the floor, a man's pinstripe trousers, still belted, arranged like a discarded second skin. He watches from a chair just outside the frame. You can see the smoke from his cigarette curling into the light. roy stuart glimpse 10
Glimpse 10 continues Stuart’s investigation of the theatrical still-life as a psychological battlefield. Unlike the more overt tableaux of his earlier Korpo series, this image operates through absence and arrested gesture. The scissors imply violence without wound; the cut card suggests a game abandoned before the final bet. The true subject is not desire, but authority over the visible —who frames whom. — Roy Stuart, from his notebook, ‘The Architecture
Medium: Archival pigment print / Film still Dimensions: 120 x 80 cm Edition: 3/7 The true subject is not desire, but authority