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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) The Oakes Twins ![Oakes Snow Horizon Line 2 2013 Hero Adjusted](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Oakes-Snow-Horizon-Line-2-2013-Hero-Adjusted.jpg) The Oakes Twins Snow Horizon Line 2: Early Spring, Kelly's Slough, ND, (Snow Melting), 2013 Biography The Oakes Twins (b. 1982) are identical twin American artists and draftsmen best known for collaborative large scale drawings using a concave gridded easel. They create camera obscura exact drawings using an easel which they devised and built. Their drawings, paintings, and sculptures explore the intersection of art and mathematics. Using their self-designed easel they render a scene on a curved sheet of paper by tracing what is in front of them onto that page freehand, as if using a camera obscura or a camera lucida projection, only they use no equipment only their own binocular vision or more precisely their visual cortex, which allows them to trace a "ghost" image that appears before them. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View CV ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/Oakes-Twins_CV_new.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Packet ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Oakes_Selected-Press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) Artist Website ](http://oakesoakes.com/) Select Press Mar 15, 2017 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/Press-Thumbnails/Oakes-Bond-Street-Terrace-2014.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-oakes-nautilus) Nautilus Group Show [ What This Drawing Taught Me About Four-Dimensional Spacetime ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-oakes-nautilus) May 28, 2014 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/Press-Thumbnails/Oakes-Frac-Orange-and-Green-2005.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-huffington-post) The Huffington Post Group Show [ Identical Twins Combine Art And Math In Hypnotic Exhibition ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-huffington-post) Aug 14, 2014 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/Press-Thumbnails/Oakes-Flatiron-Building-2014_hero.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-new-york-times) The New York Times Group Show [ How a Pair of Twins Redrew an Iconic Photograph ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-new-york-times) Jun 05, 2014 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/Press-Thumbnails/Oakes-Have-No-Narrow-Perspective-Field-Museum-2009.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-livescience) Live Science Group Show [ Double Vision: Twin Artists Create Curved, Lifelike Landscapes ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2014-oakes-livescience) Exhibitions [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2018-Reprise/Heaton-Shamanic-Bee-2013-2015.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/334-reprise-summer-show-2018-5-12-8-31-2018) Jun 11 – Aug 23, 2018 Group Show [ Reprise: Summer Show 2018 ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/334-reprise-summer-show-2018-5-12-8-31-2018) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/Press-Thumbnails/Oakes-Have-No-Narrow-Perspective-Field-Museum-2009.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/333-armory-2018-oakes-3-7-3-11-2018) Mar 07 – Mar 10, 2018 The Oakes Twins [ Capturing Consciousness ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/333-armory-2018-oakes-3-7-3-11-2018) [See All Exhibitions ](/past_exhibitions/the-oakes-twins) ![Oakes Time Passing Across Central Park 2013 17](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/2018-Armory/Oakes-Time-Passing-Across-Central-Park-2013-17_180315_204217.jpg) The Oakes Twins Time Passing Across Central Park, 2013-17 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Oakes Time Passing Across Central Park 2013 17]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Time Passing Across Central Park, 2013-17 ![Oakes Flatiron Building After Steichen 2014 Crop Gs]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Flatiron Building (After Steichen), 2014 ![Oakes Winter Garden I 2011 Crop Gs]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Winter Garden I, 2011 ![Oakes Courtyard Garden 2015 Crop]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Jardin del Patio (Courtyard Garden), 2015 ![Oakes Bond Street Terrace 2014 Crop]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Bond Street Terrace, 2014 ![Oakes Cornfield Snowscape Ii Geneva Ny 2014]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Cornfield Snowscape II, Geneva, NY, 2014 ![Oakes Skillman Stuido View I 2013]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Skillman Studio View I, 2013 ![Oakes Snow Horizon Line 2 2013]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Snow Horizon Line 2: Early Spring, Kelly's Slough, ND (Snow Melting), 2013 ![Oakes Synchronized Field T 2012]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Synchronized Field (T), 2012 ![Oakes East River At Night 2011]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins East River at Night, 2011 ![Oakes Synrchonized Field C 2011]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Synchronized Field (C), 2009 ![Oakes Ocean Horizon Line 2 Pacific Coast Highway Los Angeles Ca 2010]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Ocean Horizon Line 2: Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 ![Oakes Pioneer Trail Marshall North Carolina 2009]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Pioneer Trail, Marshall, North Carolina, 2009 ![Oakes Have No Narrow Perspective Field Museum 2009]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Have No Narrow Perspective: Field Museum, 2009 ![Oakes Frac Orange And Green 2005]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Frac (Orange and Green), 2005 ![Oakes Have No Narrow Perspectives 2008 2009](/assets/artist_images/Oakes/Oakes-Have-No-Narrow-Perspectives-2008-2009.jpg) The Oakes Twins Have No Narrow Perspectives, 2008-2009 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Oakes Have No Narrow Perspectives 2008 2009]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Have No Narrow Perspectives, 2008-2009 installation view ![Armory Installation 10]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 6]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 3]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 5]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Oakes Have No Narrow Perspectives 2008 2009](/assets/artist_images/Oakes/Oakes-Have-No-Narrow-Perspectives-2008-2009.jpg) ![Armory Installation 10](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/2018-Armory/Armory-Installation_10.jpg) ![Armory Installation 6](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/2018-Armory/Armory-Installation_6.jpg) ![Armory Installation 3](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/2018-Armory/Armory-Installation_3.jpg) ![Armory Installation 5](/assets/exhibition_images/Oakes/2018-Armory/Armory-Installation_5.jpg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Oakes Have No Narrow Perspectives 2008 2009]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Oakes Twins Have No Narrow Perspectives, 2008-2009 installation view ![Armory Installation 10]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 6]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 3]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view ![Armory Installation 5]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Capturing Consciousness, 2018 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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