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The premise of Standstill begins with an inquiry into our enduring fascination with the human image. Perhaps this fascination stems from our own need to look at what is familiar to us, or as Western Art History might suggest, portraiture has served as a means to explore emotion, identity, and the human condition in a universally recognisable language. But what happens when these subjects—while still representational—are frozen in states of ambiguity? Lampe and Robas’ new portraits are caught in this ambivalence; devoid of any clear meaning, they gaze into the void of the gallery space, luring …