Byron Kim's Synecdoche is an ongoing project in which he paints small portraits of the skin color of his subjects. All images are square and presented in a grid. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego commissioned Kim to create a grid of portraits of the Board of Trustee's skin, resulting in a collective image that was more light than dark. By exposing that which is usually unseen, Kim's piece for MCASD is most similar to whose work?

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Trevor Paglen's work often focuses on revealing the hidden structures of power and surveillance, much like Kim's Synecdoche exposes the unseen diversity of skin color within a specific group.

Byron Kim's Synecdoche Is an Ongoing Project in Which He