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Ewa Słapa: 'lines, planes, bodies'

Los Angeles-based artist Ewa Słapa's new exhibit is informed by 1950s and 1960s psychologist Alfred Yarbus, who studied eye movements and the way humans perceive things. The eyes observe things through a series of fragmented, jumpy shifts across scattered points — not a linear scan. Yarbus studied and wrote about how these shifts are individual, based on the beholder's own biases or what questions they bring to the scene. He specifically studied this eye movement when subjects looked at paintings — like Ilya Repin's "Unexpected Visitor." Słapa has translated research into steel sculptures and other artworks that map the eye's movements on the painting. Best Practice is inside Bread and Salt, where most galleries will be open late for t

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