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This one takes the look that passes between a work and the person in front of it, and has the work look back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the first exhibition at Take Me Home to include video, shown alongside glazed tile, photographic transfer on stoneware, and two large photographs. Everything here was built and finished by hand in Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoneware, glaze, photographic transfer, photograph, wood, video.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening Friday, November 13, 4–7 PM. On view through December 13, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/detroittakemehome.com\/exhibitions\/eye-to-eye\"\u003eView the exhibition and full details at Take Me Home →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eye-to-eye-mural","title":"Eye to Eye Mural","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than 2,000 glazed ceramic tiles in two panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne work in two panels, hung side by side: Jim's eye on the left, Peter's on the right. More than 2,000 glazed ceramic tiles in eight colors. From across the room each panel reads as a photograph. Walk toward it and it comes apart into glaze, color, and grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim opened the door to the Ramrod and Peter was standing there. Eye to eye, the connection was sealed. 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