{"product_id":"i-see-you","title":"\"I See You\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is not looking into the distance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is looking at you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd he has been this whole time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI spent most of my life as the observer. Growing up across Nigeria, China, Ethiopia, and the United Kingdom, I was always the new kid, the outsider reading the room before I dared enter it. I learned early that if you watch carefully enough, you begin to understand people without ever having to ask.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen I drew this gorilla. And for the first time, something looked back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is nothing cold in that gaze — coldness implies indifference. This is something else entirely. This is recognition. He sees you the way you have always wanted to be seen: fully, quietly, without judgement. As if he already knows everything about you and has decided you are worth his attention anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I showed this piece to a colleague, she cried. She couldn't explain why. I think I understand now. There is something devastating about being truly seen, especially by something that owes you nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI titled this piece \"I See You\" because that is what he says. Not as a threat. Not as a challenge. Simply as a fact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe sees you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe question is — do you see yourself the way he does?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Bidemio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAll prints are on premium Hahnemühle 100% cotton rag archival paper, and are printed with archival pigmented inks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Both the 8x10\" and 11x14\" prints includes an additional 1\" white border, making it a total size of 10x12\" and 13x16\". The 16x20\" and 18x24\" prints includes an additional 2\" white border (20x24\" and 22x28\" total). These borders give the collector the option of expanding their framing if they choose so. Each piece is hand signed by the artist on the additional border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bidemio Studio","offers":[{"title":"8x10","offer_id":45663257788586,"sku":"GorillaA1-8X10","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14","offer_id":45663257886890,"sku":"GorillaA1-11X14","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20","offer_id":47889708843178,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24","offer_id":45663257985194,"sku":"GorillaA1-18X24","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/4536\/4906\/files\/GorillaA1_cover_new.jpg?v=1776123447","url":"https:\/\/bidemiostudio.com\/products\/i-see-you","provider":"Bidemio Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}