Raaf van der Sman / Noisome Fly

14 Jun-7 Jul 2012

Overview

Raaf van der Sman's painting "Double Rorschach" is a diptych that prominently features one of the shapes from Rorschach's inkblot test . That most viewers could probably identify the inkblots points to their pervasiveness into everyday culture. In the work, one of the inkblots is repeated. Whilst they seem identical at first, subtle variations point to a conscious decision to set them apart - which one is the "correct" one? Van der Sman's painting wonders about the ubiquity of the inkblot test and what it might really be testing?