Angélica Dass was born in Rio de Janerio, and now lives and works in Madrid. Her series of works, entitled Humanae, is made up of portraits of hundreds of volunteers, standing against a solid background of colour that is based on the Pantone colour scheme.
Dass takes a colour sample from a tiny area of the face of each subjects’ portrait and uses the corresponding Pantone colour as the backdrop, aiming to highlight peoples’ "true colours", not just the "untrue red and yellow, black and white".
Over 2,500 people from across the world appear in the portraits, from a wide range of ages and of ethnic, religious and class backgrounds.
Each subject is photographed at the exhibition, which has appeared in cities all over the world, from Dass’s own Madrid, to Bergen, Norway, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and as far afield as Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Calling the work in process a "chromatic inventory" of humanity, the audience is free to read in to the meaning of the project, with the artist only intending to provoke discussion on identity.
The project is still ongoing, and the artist intends to capture as many skin tones as possible as the show appears in new locations around the world.
Humanae is currently on display at spaces in Valparaiso, Milan, Boston, and Ohio.
The project is currently appearing at four art spaces around the world. Picture: Juan Miguel Ponce According to Dass, the viewer is "invited to press the share button in his brain."
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