Dissimilation (Yellow Star) presents two surgeons mid-procedure, masked and gloved, their hands engaged in a task that demands precision and detachment. The scene is stylized, rendered in vivid color and high contrast, yet the figures themselves are anonymous. Their authority lies not in who they are, but in what they do.

The mask here protects. It is not worn to obscure identity for subversion—it is worn to safeguard both patient and practitioner. And yet, even this protective anonymity participates in the logic of Dissimilation: the individual disappears into role, into protocol, into trust built on uniformity.

The yellow star marks the work’s position within the series—a chromatic component without symbolic interpretation. What matters is the alignment: each canvas refracts the same idea from a different angle.

Dissimilation (Yellow Star) reveals how even systems of care rely on strategic absence. The mask reassures, but it still transforms. It renders the individual legible only through function.