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Color Compensation−3 (2006-)

I randomly draw various lines with colored permanent markers on a clear acrylic surface.
These chaotic color lines are fill the surface of the boundary of a standardized neutral transparency case for looking at artworks.

My intervention disturbs an empty transparent area that promised 'Nothing is there, just protecting artworks, such as a clear filter. This in itself is not an object for gazing at'.
In the showcase, I insert ' Color swatch' which has 201 color cards.
People see the color cards through my color drawings.
People look at a what is inside the showcase. At the same moment people see my drawings on the surface of the showcase. People watch the color swatch through my color drawing. Both colors mix with each other.
I liken the showcase to a kind of 'color compensation filter'.

The colors are divided in my drawing.
In the box, the light is not neutral since it is affected by my drawing.
There are no neutral lights and colors since I had drew_painted everywhere.
We cannot escape from our artificial world. We are watching what we do.