Artist field note

Daniel Boyd

History is never as clear as it looks.

Appears inOceania

02 / 05

Untitled (PSM)

2014

The image is present but partially blocked. Boyd makes seeing itself a question: who controls the historical picture, and what have we been allowed to see?

The five in one idea

Boyd gives us the image and blocks our view of it at the same time. History is never simply what survived; it is also what someone allowed us to see.