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Drawing and Painting

Anam Feerasta

Shadows of You and I (II)

Painting
2021
acrylic and chalk pastels on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Shadows of You and I (II) is one of two paintings that depicts graceful, yet disengaged and incomplete bodies disappearing in and out of an abstract space. They reflect their surroundings. These bodies have become mere shadows as a result of feeling fragmented and disembodied. They breathe, but don’t feel alive. The bodies shall remain in this state till such time that they choose to take agency over their lives and reclaim their identities.

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2021, Bodies in Fleeting Reality
Virtual Exhibition, OCAD University via Kunstmatrix

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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]