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MANY AND ALL

PAINTING
MATT THOMAS
(UK)

DETAILS
Acrylic pen
A3
2024

DESCRIPTION
Imaginary landscape

THE MOTHER

PHOTOGRAPHY
EBRAHIM ELMI
(IRAN)

DETAILS
Single exposure B&W photography
8858*11811 pixels
2022

DESCRIPTION
There is an island called Hengam in the south of my
motherland, Persia. Most of the women who live on this island
wear their traditional clothing. One of these remarkable
women is Eli, a beautiful and dignified lady. She resides on the
island and tragically lost her husband in the war. Despite this
hardship, she is a devoted mother to her two daughters.
Weaving handicrafts is her main source of income, which I find
quite fascinating. Despite facing numerous challenges, Eli
remains incredibly hopeful about the future. She imparted
some valuable advice to me, emphasizing the importance of
working diligently to create a bright future for my own
daughters. Looking at her face, one can clearly see her beauty,
dignity, and resilience.

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DRAWING
GRIT LITCH
(JAPAN)

DETAILS
Markers on Shikishi paper
33 x 26 cm
2022

DESCRIPTION
Tiny dots made a new world on the paper (shikishi is a Japanese traditional paper)

GLACIER

PAINTING
CYCLONE
(FRANCE)

DETAILS
Oil and acrylic on canvas
100 x 60 x 2 cm
2023

DESCRIPTION
Muse with blue light

EQUILIBRIO

SCULPTURE
RELUET
(SPAIN)

DETAILS
Mixed media on a wooden chair
42 x 97 x 15 cm
2023

DESCRIPTION
Move forward without demanding yourself
A journey of introspection.
Fear is overcome in the mind.
Life gave the artist some brushes to dance freely again under a stage, your smile when discovering the work, and seeing how the history of her town is not forgotten under her pseudonym.
This painting, "Balance," conceptually revolves around the struggle to stand in a strange world where we do not fit.
The artist appreciates the magic of life thanks to the arduous beauty of the darkness of a swamp.
With her branch, she symbolizes the legacy and rebirth of the families of the six towns buried under the muddy waters of the Rialp reservoir in 1999. In one of those towns, Miralpeix, she lived her childhood until she was thirteen. She discovered this naked branch in the summer of 2022 when the flow descended; its incandescent beauty dazzled her. In it and try again, defeating the most excellent exterminator of dreams: fear. This concept inspired the colors used in the work: yellows, oranges, and reds.
She materialized the adversities, life itself and the muddy waters of the swamp with a dark chair with relief textures made with burned plastic waste, representing a book full of stories, experiences and emotions that go unnoticed under a sheet of non-translucent water. .
Her reflection after creating the painting Equilibrio:
“Move forward without demanding yourself.
We have all had complexes at some point.
As the years go by, you realize that fear exists
"We must overcome it in the mind and not anywhere else."
do is overcome in the mind.