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“I’m not trying to create an optical illusion as much as I’m trying to manipulate aesthetic experiences. The viewers’ perception is challenged, which hopefully slows down the viewing experience.” –Jonny Niesche

In Haptic Sfumato, Niesche presents a variety of new works. Sfumato is considered to be one of the main techniques of Italian High Renaissance painting. The word describes the gentle gradation and blending of one tone to another. Three works of vertical rectangles, a motif which he has used separately, has now been melded together. These rectangular works contrast with the unity of the …