Eyes & Lips

Where it started. White walls to fill. This is Saudi. There’s no art shops. Depictions of the human form are officially banned. Which motivated me to try. Honestly, I thought I needed some images of the female form, just to remember what they look like. 6 months into my stay, and I’ve become accustomed to women as black shapes.

I collected the boxes that the flatscreen TV’s came in. The DIY shop had latex paint in primary colours. I set out to create something forbidden.

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