Yosefa Aulia Indonesian, b. 1991
Spring, 2024
Oil on Canvas
15 x 20 cm
'The Decapitated Series consists of small-scale oil paintings that explore bodily fragments, subtle distortions, and suspended emotional states. Rendered through a restrained monochromatic palette, the works approach the body not...
"The Decapitated Series consists of small-scale oil paintings that explore bodily fragments, subtle distortions, and suspended emotional states. Rendered through a restrained monochromatic palette, the works approach the body not as a complete figure, but as isolated gestures and sensations. Hands, teeth, insects, and obscured faces appear in quiet tension, balancing intimacy with discomfort. The paintings maintain a raw and immediate quality, allowing the material presence of oil paint to remain visible throughout the series. Because apparently the human condition is just tenderness slowly fermenting into unease.
Rather than constructing a fixed narrative, the series focuses on fleeting psychological and physical sensations: pressure, vulnerability, erosion, restraint, and the instability of perception. Softness and disturbance exist simultaneously within the works, creating images that feel both familiar and quietly unsettling."
Rather than constructing a fixed narrative, the series focuses on fleeting psychological and physical sensations: pressure, vulnerability, erosion, restraint, and the instability of perception. Softness and disturbance exist simultaneously within the works, creating images that feel both familiar and quietly unsettling."