EMOTIONS

PRIVATE COLLECTION YEAR - 2018-2019 MEDIA - OIL PAINT ON CANVAS

This collection is a study of emotions through different styles, contexts and facial expressions. The choice of oil paint as a medium allows for conveying depth via different superpositions of layers.

By the agency of poignant facial expressions, these paintings aim to denounce social injustices, namely the Afghan refugee crisis (Afghan Girl- upper right) and police brutality in the United States (La souffrance d’une mère- bottom right). Ultimately, the goal entails to provoke reactions that will spark dialogues on these issues. Thereby, the set of paintings grouped under the theme Femmes cachées portray the surprising,yet real stories of women who had their future shoved forever.

Title: Poetic Space Media - Oil paint on canvas Dimensions - 36 inches x 36 inches Year of production- 2019

Title- Afghan Girl (reproduction through the lense of steve mccurry) Media- Oil paint on canvas Dimensions- 18 inches x 24 inches Year of production- 2018

Title- La souffrance d’une mère Media - Oil paint on canvas Dimensions - 12 inches x 24 inches Year of production- 2018

Their eyes are the ultimate guides to their stories. Therefore, it is around this element that the portraits are articulated. Hidden under fear, oppressed and unjustly treated, they tell their story under the specter of their emotions and their eyes.

Finally, the composition, colour palette and play of superpositions of the artwork Poetic Space (upper left) leaves place for interpretation due to the abstract nature of the work.

SOFIA REBIA HAIDAR

SOFIA REBIA HAIDAR REBIA.HAIDAR@MAIL.MCGILL.CA 514 235 8555 910 AVENUE ANTONINE-MAILLET MCGILL ARCHITECTURE ALUMNI