Julia iSABEL
BRIDGEPORT, CT
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, KINETIC ENAMEL ON LARGE FORMAT RAW CANVASES AS EXISTENTIAL EXPLORATION OF LIFE
MessageI See You is a monoprint centered on the act of seeing another human being without judgment or imposed identity. The work proposes a form of perception that moves beyond societal constructs—money, gender, nationality, religion, or age—and returns to a more essential recognition of the individual.
The focus on the eye reflects its enduring symbolic role as a gateway to inner life. Within certain contemplative and Kundalini-based practices, attention is directed to the left eye, understood to be connected to the heart and emotional presence. This work draws from that tradition, positioning the gaze as a site of direct, unmediated connection.
Rather than describing a specific person, the image operates as an invitation: to pause, to look, and to encounter another at the level of presence rather than projection. In this sense, I See You is less about representation and more about relation.
At its core, the work asserts that human connection—stripped of assumption and categorization—remains one of the most essential and transformative experiences available to us.
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