“Shattered” 2024

Dimensions: 40 x 30 x 0,3 cm

Medium: Mirror pieces and oil paint on ACM panel

Artist: Victor Seehund

Shattered (2024) by Victor Seehund is both image and object—a portrait fractured not just in emotion, but in surface. Constructed with oil on ACM panel and embedded mirror shards, this 40 × 30 cm work turns the viewer’s reflection into part of the piece, implicating you in its brokenness.

The subject looks upward, almost defiant, but the composition resists resolution. Parts of her face are splintered by real glass, severing features into floating fragments. The paint is confident, loose and gestural in some areas, more controlled in others—but it’s the integration of the mirror that delivers the punch. Where there should be continuity, there’s interference. You don’t just observe the rupture—you’re reflected in it.

Seehund avoids dramatics. The title is clear, but the tone is restrained. There’s no victimhood here—just interruption, dissonance, and an awareness that identity isn’t fixed, especially not in the face of outside gaze. The mirror pieces don’t offer clarity—they bounce you back in pieces.

Shattered isn’t about spectacle. It’s about structure—what holds, what doesn’t, and what’s left in between. A sharply executed, materially bold piece for anyone drawn to the mechanics of fragmentation—psychological, visual, or otherwise.