{"product_id":"merzmensch-photokarma-kopie","title":"Merzmensch - Look instead of looking away","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the series:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e NeoreAIlism\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaper:\u003c\/b\u003e Hahnemühle Fine Art Archival Print \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/b\u003e 40 × 40 cm with 1 cm white border around the motif.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e Edition of 2025\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 3 + 1 AP\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSigned, dated and edition numbered by the artist on a separate label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"401\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"185\"\u003eMerzmensch – Look instead of looking away\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"580\"\u003e A boy leans his head against an oversized eye. He's not looking into it—he's listening. As if he were listening to what the eye has seen. What it might still see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"814\"\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"607\"\u003eLooking instead of looking away\u003c\/em\u003e is a visual paradox. It depicts seeing – and simultaneously hearing. It shows a child – but without childlike innocence. Instead: skepticism, seriousness, vigilance. An image that questions without explaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1191\"\u003eHere, Merzmensch draws on a central motif of his \u003cem data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"883\"\u003eNeorealism\u003c\/em\u003e series: artificially \"authentic\" street life. The setting seems familiar: a fairground, a city, passersby in the background. But the main motif breaks through all the documentary elements. The giant eye—as if taken from a fairground attraction—is too larger than life, too surreal, too awake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1193\" data-end=\"1384\"\u003e And the title is more than a statement. It's a call, a stance, a reminder: to look instead of looking away. A reminder that images are meant to be not just observed, but questioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1386\" data-end=\"1561\"\u003e This work addresses not only seeing, but also the responsibility that comes with looking. It is one of those images that isn't loud—but resonates long afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KI EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54253110559055,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/watching-not-seeing.jpg?v=1737241071","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/merzmensch-photokarma-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}