how much is too much

In Amanda Kyritsopoulou’s portraits of faceless characters, both the viewer and the subject lack clear vision. The viewer is confronted with uncomplicated but perplexing out-of-focus photographs and an inevitable desire for meaning, whilst the subject, with their face pressed down against a pillow, cannot see, but only wonder. Perhaps the clue could be in their elaborate titles: Margo wants to know how much is too much, Jon is wondering if it’s just him, Bill is wondering if a strong mind is also heavy, and Marian is wondering if she’s ever seen clearly. But, sooner or later, the open-endedness of these irreverent, near comical, titles will leave us wondering whose vision is the fuzziest, activating the feeling – or the vision – that the lack of an answer is as real as it is incongruous