In The Side Profile Series, Shantel Miller explores complexities within representations of blackness. With a suite of eight oil paintings, Miller portrays young, black men in side profile, as a method to re-contextualize and bring into focus the black body – revealing that each subject depicted is replete with individual characteristics, vulnerabilities, and truths. This body of work crafts a space for exploring notions of the viewer, viewing and the viewed.
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Photo taken by Yuula Benivolski
Desy, 2016
Oil on Linen
20 X 20 inches
Olivier, 2016
Oil on Wood Panel
18 X 24 inches
Teekay, 2015
Oil on Wood Panel
18 x 24 inches
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Sebastein, 2014
Oil on Wood Panel
24 x 24 inches
Josh, 2016
Oil on Wood Panel
18 x 24 inches
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Corey, 2014
Oil on Wood Panel
16 x 20 inches
Stefan, 2016
Oil on Wood Panel
18 x 24 inches
Khanya, 2016
Oil on Linen
18 x 24 inches
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Photo taken by Yuula Benivolski
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
Detail shot of The Side Profile Series at Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto - 2016
