Why? (2016) Original Oil Painting by Assunta Cassa
100 x 100 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 100cm (actual image size)
£2,397.89
Original artwork description
In Why? I chose to give voice to a gaze that cannot be ignored: the eyes of a young girl behind bars, staring directly at the viewer. I built her face with pixels and fragments because that question—“why?”—does not belong only to her, but to all of us.
The blocks of red, pink, and black clash with the coldness of metal, creating a sharp contrast between childhood’s fragility and the harshness of imprisonment. I did not want resignation in her expression, but a contained energy, capable of turning pain into resistance.
With my palette knife, I carved and layered the surface to keep that sense of urgency alive. Why? belongs to the Freedom series: it speaks of liberty precisely by showing its absence, because sometimes strength is born in the refusal to look away.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 100 x 100 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
In Why? I chose to give voice to a gaze that cannot be ignored: the eyes of a young girl behind bars, staring directly at the viewer. I built her face with pixels and fragments because that question—“why?”—does not belong only to her, but to all of us.
The blocks of red, pink, and black clash with the coldness of metal, creating a sharp contrast between childhood’s fragility and the harshness of imprisonment. I did not want resignation in her expression, but a contained energy, capable of turning pain into resistance.
With my palette knife, I carved and layered the surface to keep that sense of urgency alive. Why? belongs to the Freedom series: it speaks of liberty precisely by showing its absence, because sometimes strength is born in the refusal to look away.
Materials used:
Oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 100 x 100 x 4cm (unframed) / 100 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Assunta Cassa
Italy
About
An original figurative language through a research about color and the division of the visual space that derives from the pixel fragmentation of digital images. Color contrasts prevail, transmitting the... Read more