#Stippling

Stippling is the art of placing countless tiny dots to offload all the labor onto the viewer’s perception. Up close it’s a sea of meaningless specks, but from afar it feigns the grandeur of a painting. Once praised by Impressionist pioneers as the pinnacle of nuance, it has become a contemporary device of time torture. Watching the artist drill each dot is like observing a monk in silent torment. The viewer endures a two-tiered trial: enchantment at a distance, frustration at arm’s length.