Nathaniel Price
Murmur, 2019
Mirrored Glass, etching acid, wood
40 x 20 x 1 in.
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For this piece, Price took a mirror purchased at an estate sale in his neighborhood and used acid to etch the phrase, “Please don’t ask me to explain.” This phrase...
For this piece, Price took a mirror purchased at an estate sale in his neighborhood and used acid to etch the phrase, “Please don’t ask me to explain.” This phrase references a sometimes subtle, sometimes overt, resistance to explain one's thoughts or behaviors to others and the curious, and sometimes frightening, realization that you can’t explain your own behavior- even when looking directly into a mirror.