{"product_id":"the-being-within","title":"The Being Within","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eCortney Herron’s latest body of work explores identity as a frequency — something continually transmitted, interpreted, and recalibrated in relation to one’s surroundings. Her figures appear as beings in disguise, with elongated fingers, gloves, veils, masks, and animal forms functioning as tools for translation between the internal self and the external world. Recurring feline imagery shifts from companion or guardian to camouflage, blurring the boundaries between figure and disguise while reflecting the subtle adaptations required to navigate spaces in which one may feel misunderstood or othered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the series is an exploration of energy and the invisible exchanges that occur between individuals. Herron considers the tension between what can be controlled or concealed and what is inevitably communicated through presence, perception, and connection. Her figures appear to move between possible versions of themselves, shifting in response to how they are perceived. Through this evolving visual language, Herron examines adaptation as a form of endurance, revealing the complex ways identity is preserved, transformed, and expressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the artist's words:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A\u003c\/em\u003e cat-suited figure holds their own disguise between their fangs, a golden glove gripped there because the body they're wearing has no hands to carry it. The mask sits pushed back, powered down but not discarded, waiting to be repositioned. This is a being caught mid-frequency, neither fully cloaked nor fully revealed, holding the very tools of their own camouflage the way a signal holds its static. The Being Within is a study in the pause before the disguise resumes, and the true form beneath it is, for a breath, almost visible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cortney Herron","offers":[{"title":"36 x 24 inches | Original Work \/ Black \/ Reveal","offer_id":67593328492726,"sku":"CH_TBW_PAINTING_36.0_X_24.0__A638_A26398","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36 x 24 inches | Original Work \/ Natural \/ Reveal","offer_id":67593328525494,"sku":"CH_TBW_PAINTING_36.0_X_24.0__A638_A26398","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36 x 24 inches | Original Work \/ Walnut \/ Reveal","offer_id":67593328558262,"sku":"CH_TBW_PAINTING_36.0_X_24.0__A638_A26398","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"36 x 24 inches | Original Work \/ Unframed \/ N\/A","offer_id":67593328591030,"sku":"CH_TBW_PAINTING_36.0_X_24.0__A638_A26398","price":4200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/7736\/files\/The-Being-Within-PAINTING-FRAMED-WALNUT-REVEAL-CH-THEBE-A26398-36-x-24.jpg?v=1791330595","url":"https:\/\/www.tappancollective.com\/products\/the-being-within","provider":"Tappan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}