Rosalind Nashashibi
Verso, 2020
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
Series: Paintings
In 'Verso' Nashashibi refers to the opposite side of a work of art, not seen when it is displayed. Here a woman’s back has been boldly simplified; a horizontal stroke...
In 'Verso' Nashashibi refers to the opposite side of a work of art, not seen when it is displayed. Here a woman’s back has been boldly simplified; a horizontal stroke marks the waistline of her dress, and further, it is combined with a vertical line to form the shape of a cross dividing her torso and the canvas. This intimate, cropped frame is at once sensuous and confining, a combination easily tipped into either of these directions.