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Portrait with Lace

Canvas, Acrylic, Thread, Lace, 2020

This work was created for an art project in Australia that showcases how women around the world used handicraft materials in their artistic creations and reflections during the COVID-19 period. Lace, a typical symbol associated with femininity, changes its original light and soft connotation when sewn with many diagonal lines across a calm woman's face, transforming into a symbol of darkness and acute pain. Their faces, hidden behind the spreading, climbing lace, seem to tell untold stories.

Portrait with Lace