Mehdi Rooz
Digital mixed media scene of a figure pulling a rope toward a framed figure across water, with fog and a globe between them.
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2019 · Digital Mixed Media · Vertical

Between Selves

I made this piece from the feeling that there is always a distance between who I am and the image I hold of myself. We keep pulling toward each other, but the world, with all its noise and passing time, never stops standing in between.

Story fragmentWhat stands between us and the self we keep trying to reach?

Format

Paper atmosphereA framed fine-art surface with a brighter archival paper presence.

Size

Print size

12" × 12"

Framed size

15" × 15"

$125

Product details

Print size12" × 12"
Framed size15" × 15"
Free shippingIncluded
FramedYes
Ready to hangHanging hardware installed on the back
Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness/ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free
Free ShippingFramedReady to HangMuseum-Grade Quality

I imagined two versions of the self trying to pull each other closer. One stands in the world, tied to a tree, grounded in a body and a place. The other appears inside a framed space, like an inner image, a projected self, or a mirror that never becomes fully clear. I placed the cloud and the globe between them because I wanted that gap to feel crowded by life itself. Jacques Lacan wrote that our sense of self begins through an image, and from that beginning a distance remains between what we are and what we think we are. That idea stayed with me here. The river below moves like time, carrying everything forward while the struggle to meet oneself continues.

Premium archival smooth matte fine art paper with a bright white surface, crisp detail, and refined color reproduction. Each print is framed in matte black with white matting and acrylic glass for a clean gallery presentation.

Weight230 gsm, 9.5 mil, 0.24 mm
TextureSmooth
Brightness / ColorBright white
FinishMatte
AcidityAcid-free archival
Frame MaterialSolid wood, matte black
Frame Face Width1.625" (1.375" height)
Print MountingDry-mounted to foam core
GlazingAcrylic glass
Mat ColorWhite
Mat Size1.50" per side
Hanging HardwareSawtooth hanger installed on back, ready to hang

Each work begins as an original digital composition and is produced as a physical fine-art print using professional archival materials. This is not a hand-painted original; it is a gallery-quality printed edition created from the artist’s digital artwork.

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Works are produced through a professional fine-art print workflow using archival materials and gallery-quality output. Production begins after the order is confirmed.

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Between SelvesFramed Fine Art Paper / 12x12
$125
Digital mixed media scene of a figure pulling a rope toward a framed figure across water, with fog and a globe between them.

About this work / story layer

The story inside Between Selves

I imagined two versions of the self trying to pull each other closer. One stands in the world, tied to a tree, grounded in a body and a place. The other appears inside a framed space, like an inner image, a projected self, or a mirror that never becomes fully clear. I placed the cloud and the globe between them because I wanted that gap to feel crowded by life itself. Jacques Lacan wrote that our sense of self begins through an image, and from that beginning a distance remains between what we are and what we think we are. That idea stayed with me here. The river below moves like time, carrying everything forward while the struggle to meet oneself continues.
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