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Drawing and Painting

Anam Feerasta

Then Back Again

Painting
2021
acrylic on canvas
40 x 40 inches
This painting is part of a series of five works on canvas, each of which is in dialogue with the other. Collectively, these paintings explore aspects of fragmentation and disembodiment in the context of my identity and South Asian upbringing. Vulnerable, disengaged, and incomplete bodies are set in whimsical, abstract spaces, and often appear stuck between planes. These bodies allude to fragmented identities, and to the multiplicity of an identity caused by feelings of fragmentation.

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Then Back Again
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Anam Feerasta

Drawing and Painting

“I think of my paintings as deconstructed self-portraits. They explore feelings of fragmentation that are rooted in my ongoing struggle to build an independent identity, whilst balancing familial and...” [More]