About the Artwork: The drawings are original artworks created on delicate IKEA MÅLA paper (cream-toned). Slight waves, creases, or minimal brush pen marks (e.g., small ink spots) are characteristic of the material and the intuitive, handmade creative process. These features enhance the artwork’s uniqueness and are not considered defects.
PEARLS of THE WORKING CLASS
Materials & Technique
Materials used: Brush pens & charcoal on A3 Paper
Size: 42 cm height × 30 cm width
Description
Her Pearls Are Their Toil, Her Grace Their Burden. Not born of the sea, but shaped by sweat and struggle, this piece embodies a borrowed brilliance, an elegance meticulously carved from the labor of others. She wears her pearls as a crown of toil, yet her gaze looks down with both awareness and disdain, a silent reproach veiled in the act of defiance, a subtle yet powerful ‘vomit’ of contempt towards the very source of her opulence. Above her head, a door lingers in ambiguous perspective, at once open and closed, symbolizing the elusive threshold between privilege and the labor that sustains it.
Behind her, dominating the right rear of the composition, looms a half-formed female face, its bold red lips a stark emblem of allure and power, hinting at seduction intertwined with control. This visage, fragmented yet commanding, reflects the paradox of the figure: beauty entangled with exploitation, grace shadowed by ruthlessness.