ARTWORK DETAILS

Mutiara Keith
Dysmorphia Installation
Self-portrait painting installed with a white vanity filled with personal objects

ARTIST STATEMENT

Dysmorphia explores my experience with body dysmorphia and anxiety. The amalgamation of limbs and faces represent the pushing, pulling and distortion of my self-image. The internal aspects of these anxieties leak out of the painting and into the external display. The mess of personal grooming objects invites the viewer to engage with a superficial representation of my insecurities. Exploring a perceived vanity through the literal physical display of a vanity with the chaos of my personal items disturbing this specious interpretation. The painting combined with the installation of my own bedroom creates a juxtaposition between my perceived appearance and reality.

ARTWORK PROCESS

The work was developed from digital photographs taken with tripod, digitally manipulated to develop a composition that has been painted with gouache. The canvas painting is installed on a white vanity covered in a mess of personal objects - a replication of the student's own personal space.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mutiara Keith