03 BOOK OF EYES

GABRIEL GAYLE

BOOK OF EYES
Published in 2024
SOFTCOVER
70mm x 67mm
EDITION OF 50

Book of Eyes is a publication by Gabriel Gayle that contains 23 images of the human eye, photographed in the UK during 2021-2024.

The impetus (perhaps subconscious) of the project comes from Boris Groys who, in Philosophy of Care, argues that the human body is worthy of the same reverence as art-objects.

"The human gaze does not see the human soul - that was the privilege of god. The human soul sees only the human body. Our rights are related to the image that we offer to the gaze of others… Art does not wait for a better society of the future - it immortalizes here and now… To fulfill its mission, the art museum should include humans. Because the human being is simply a body among other bodies, a thing among other things, humans can also be blessed with the museums immortality."