JULIEREESART

In Alluring (2012-13), the artist confronts the peculiar intimacy of smartphone-mediated desire. Three large-scale works on paper employ the distinctive rectangular frame of the iPhone 4S, a common portal through which so many contemporary relationships begin. Within these frames, fragments of dating app conversations collide with selected profile portraits, creating a visual taxonomy of digital courtship rituals. The juxtaposition is both clinical and poignant—we witness the awkward choreography of strangers attempting connection through truncated texts and curated self-images. What emerges is not documentation but a subtle critique of how technology has transformed the grammar of attraction, rendering the ancient human pursuit of connection into something more accessible and more alienated.