Perri Neri: Caught Looking emerged when studio constraints forced Neri to abandon her signature large-scale canvases, redirecting her attention to the single face. Inviting social media followers to submit selfies, she received over 30 entries within a day — each interpreted in direct, painterly realism at a uniform 16 × 12 inches. Participants receive a print and share in proceeds if their portrait sells, complicating traditional artist-subject dynamics. The result is a democratic grid of contemporary faces, each voluntarily offered, accumulating into a portrait of how we present ourselves to be seen.
