Opium (2023)Oil painting
by Anna Gizo
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Original artwork description
"Opium".
40*80 cm (15,6*31,5 inch).
Oil on canvas.
January 2023 (Georgia, Tbilisi).
"Opium" reflects the emotional atmosphere of our time — heavy, uncertain, and strangely calm. The composition captures a female figure sinking gently into the ground, her body partially dissolving into lines, symbolizing emotional fatigue and the surreal state of adapting to long-term instability.
The textured strokes and expressive layering emphasize a fragile reality, ever-shifting and unstable. Despite the weight pressing her down, the surrounding air — like opium — soothes and numbs, offering fleeting comfort.
This work is deeply symbolic, exploring the paradox between emotional exhaustion and artificial calm, speaking to anyone who has ever felt suspended between despair and adaptation.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Fabric
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 80 x 0.2cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#contemporary#expressive#symbolism#emotional
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Original artwork description
"Opium".
40*80 cm (15,6*31,5 inch).
Oil on canvas.
January 2023 (Georgia, Tbilisi).
"Opium" reflects the emotional atmosphere of our time — heavy, uncertain, and strangely calm. The composition captures a female figure sinking gently into the ground, her body partially dissolving into lines, symbolizing emotional fatigue and the surreal state of adapting to long-term instability.
The textured strokes and expressive layering emphasize a fragile reality, ever-shifting and unstable. Despite the weight pressing her down, the surrounding air — like opium — soothes and numbs, offering fleeting comfort.
This work is deeply symbolic, exploring the paradox between emotional exhaustion and artificial calm, speaking to anyone who has ever felt suspended between despair and adaptation.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Fabric
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 80 x 0.2cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#contemporary#expressive#symbolism#emotional