Original artwork description:

“Augusta Smile 2” is a fragmented hymn to emotion—raw, involuntary, almost violent in its honesty. Constructed from photographic slices overlaid with delicate coats of spray paint and sealed under a gleaming layer of epoxy resin, the piece stares back at the viewer with a fractured intimacy that refuses to be ignored.

The grayscale palette adds to the brutal tenderness of the expression—a face caught mid-laugh, or mid-scream, its emotion untranslatable yet universally felt. Like a broken mirror, each panel holds a sliver of identity, challenging the viewer to reconstruct not only the face but the feeling behind it.

Echoing the deconstruction of identity seen in the works of Gerhard Richter and the emotional vulnerability of Nan Goldin, this piece doesn’t whisper; it demands. It’s street photography for the gallery wall. It’s Instagram filtered through existential unease.

“Augusta Smile 2” is the kind of work that thrives in the now—edgy enough for collectors, but resonant enough for museum walls. A visual glitch in the matrix of curated perfection.

Materials used:

photo, spray paint

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