Disruptus

Disruptus 
Acrylic on plywood panels, 193 x 127 cm overall, 
$7500 (unframed)
 
These life-changing connections mobilized a powerful force within me. My activism is unleashed through my artwork. The paintings in this newest series of feminist artworks protesting patriarchal supremacy are based on the photographic images captured in Afghanistan by Kiana — a woman infiltrating a male-dominated society and telling the stories of women imprisoned both metaphorically and literally. I hope to visually portray the emotion of these stories through my choice of color and composition, using the grain of the plywood as an underlying abstraction not unlike the waves of reality. - Christa Assad