Starting from the portrait, Azucena Vieites presents a set of images in which critical distance and intimacy converge. Aware of the ideological power that underlies the camera’s mode of reproduction, the artist activates a device with which to destabilise the eye trained in the identification, recognition and immediate classification of the object of its gaze. The effect of estrangement is produced using low-fi technologies and supports such as the mirror, with which she appeals to a participation in which the observer is included. A way of proceeding that projects a power of indeterminacy on the represented image and allows for a better understanding of the constructed nature of the attributes, features and poses that structure the portrayed subject.
![Affection, 1993-2023, Azucena Vieites, Photo: Oskar Moreno](/sites/default/files/styles/breakpoint_376/public/2023-03/2023_02_06_oskar_moreno_tbk_evil_eye_0011.jpg?itok=KsC6e47T)
![Affection, 1993-2023, Azucena Vieites, Photo: Oskar Moreno](/sites/default/files/styles/breakpoint_376/public/2023-03/2023_02_06_oskar_moreno_tbk_evil_eye_0051.jpg?itok=DBLoB3iv)
![Affection, 1993-2023, Azucena Vieites, Photo: Oskar Moreno](/sites/default/files/styles/breakpoint_376/public/2023-03/2023_02_06_oskar_moreno_tbk_evil_eye_0011.jpg?itok=KsC6e47T)