SELF PORTRAITURE SKIN
The women are subversive in color and form, deviating from the skin tones and body shapes typically associated with nude figures. The introspective subjects have signature features like elongated torsos and limbs, dark, glossy locks, and large hands gesturing yogic mudras that further visualize emotion and feeling. In the end, I am just a piece of this earth having an experience of the self, and I’m trying to make a visual representation of some of it. Reconnecting with my Korean heritage and accepting all the things that make up who I am. I’m working on pieces that explore finding my identity and the nature of the self. I wanted to reconnect with that spark of fire within,” she says, explaining: “The magic and mystery of life can seem very fleeting when you’re in the pits of depression. Conveyed through vibrant gradients in gouache and colored pencil, the figures shown here are companions to those the Korean-Canadian artist created last year, although they plunge deeper into themes of loss, acceptance, and inclusivity. Twisting into subtle backbends or hunching into a cross-legged crouch, the faceless women that find themselves at the center of Hanna Lee Joshi’s practice all personify an aspect of the artist herself. “Alignment of Virtue.” All images © Hanna Lee Joshi, shared with permission Khoshroo recently moved from Tehran to London to study at Goldsmith’s University, and you can follow his work, which includes impasto portraits and other fiber-based sculptures, on Instagram. This one is the first sculpture and has a unique presence. “I make self-portraits regularly about one every year. “ Constructing the face with transparent layers of thinned wool creates depth, much like glazing in painting,” he writes about his process. Whether an intimate self-portrait or mischievous character outfitted with jackal teeth, the pieces are evidence of Khoshroo’s perceptive, nuanced practice. The figurative sculptures capture an array of emotions and vary in abstraction, sometimes using aqua rovings for lips and eyelids and others remaining more faithful to a subject’s features.
SELF PORTRAITURE SERIES
All images © Salman Khoshroo, shared with permissionĬomplementing his series of raw wool portraits, Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo shapes chunks of dyed fibers into expressive busts.
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