On Measurement
Contributed by Avrie Allen
on May 20th, 2026. Artwork published in
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Side 2
How a culture views the body is historically and politically specific. Albrecht Dürer’s Instructions on Measurement, published in 1528, marks a transition of how the Western body is represented—shifting from a feudal metaphysical understanding to a rationalized capitalist subject. Using my own body to illustrate, On Measurement considers the historical specificity of Dürer’s work, and situates its representation within a lineage of technologies from 1528–today that aim to capture, measure, and analyze the body.
Ten 6″×9″ prints: side 1 is 30″×18″ and side 2 is 12″×63″. Made as student project at RISD.
Side 1
Side 2, full scale is 5′3″
Side 1
