Triptychs are works of art divided into three sections with a different image or film on each section. the three sections are usually linked by subject or theme giving the viewer a different perspective on each part of the piece.
I stumbled upon the artist Adde Adesokan who produced a whole triptych series in which he met total strangers on the street and attempted to get to know them by simply using three photographs of them. I think that the images capture the very essence of the subject and allow the viewer to connect on a personal level to them.
I found this lovely quote on my internet adventures :
“If you have walked into a museum recently - whether you did so to attend an art exhibition or to escape from the police - you may have noticed a type of painting known as a triptych. A triptych has three panels, with something different painted on each of the panels. For instance, my friend Professor Reed made a triptych for me, and he painted fire on one panel, a typewriter on another, and the face of a beautiful, intelligent woman on the third. The triptych is entitled What Happened to Beatrice and I cannot look upon it without weeping.
I am a writer, and not a painter, but if I were to try and paint a triptych entitled The Baudelaire Orphans' Miserable Experiences at Prufrock Prep, I would paint Mr. Remora on one panel, Mrs. Brass on another, and a box of staples on the third, and the results would make me so sad that between the Beatrice triptych and the Baudelaire triptych I would scarcely stop weeping all day”
― Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy
Phoebe
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