Estrangement (Zoom) (2022) Original Oil Painting by Anastasia Borodina

Over the past couple of years, Zoom has become one of the main communication tools for people who can't meet face-to-face. On the one hand, this expands the possibilities and makes meetings available when it is not physically possible, but on the other hand, especially in the long run, it turns communication into an imitation and thereby alienates people from each other. I deliberately chose a small format for the portraits, so that they would be as close as possible to the ones we are used to seeing people on a computer screen. I tried to convey the state of people who have been communicating only online for a long t my feelings as an interlocutor on the other side of the screen. To do this, I used more expressive techniques for applying paint on canvas than I usually do. It was essential for me to revive this space in which the interlocutors are. And the contrast of the static position of the portraits with such a dynamic manner of painting seems tome the most suitable for this case.

Materials used:

oil on linencanvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 85.09 x 65.02 x 5.08cm (framed)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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