Anahita Iranmanesh
Embrace II
2019
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Size
- 150 × 120 cm
- Series
- MonochromeEmbrace
About the work
This tender painting portrays two figures resting against each other, eyes closed, one holding the other close. The built-up black-and-white texture gives the bodies the quality of carved stone, capturing a moment of quiet devotion and inviting viewers to consider the comfort found in another's presence.
See it hung in the 3D galleryPalette
The five colours this canvas is mostly made of, measured from the photograph.
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Up close
Three details at full resolution — chosen where the surface has the most to say.
Slow looking
Four minutes with one painting: the whole, then the places where the surface repays attention.
On a wall
Visitors’ notes
One line left beside this painting. Notes appear once the studio has read them.
To scale
Hung at eye level, beside a figure 170 cm tall.
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Embrace II
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2019 · Acrylic on canvas · 150 × 120 cm
