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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Ryan Van Der Hout, a tense hold, 2024
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    a tense hold, 2024

    uv print on glass, solder, copper, stainless steel, varnish
    21" x 84" x 2"
    unique
    Series: Mending Shards

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    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Ryan Van Der Hout, held fragments, 2024
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    In this self-portrait, I'm photographed contorting myself into a tight hold, inspired by Michelangelo's captives where body melds into material and back again. I'm fascinated by becoming bound and broken...
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    In this self-portrait, I'm photographed contorting myself into a tight hold, inspired by Michelangelo's captives where body melds into material and back again. I'm fascinated by becoming bound and broken by the glass. Drips of wax ooze down my body, recalling both ritual's end and intimate aftermath.

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