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Collage, Paper on Paper
Size: 11.7 W x 16.5 H x 0 D in
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The genesis for ‘Rebirth’ was ‘a nanosecond vision’ says Diriye. ‘I saw the central figure in my head with two Siamese ghouls sprouting from each of her shoulders. I tried chasing that mental image and although I didn’t capture it in the end, the pleasurable pursuit made up for it.’ The resulting image, which fuses collage, waterproof tattoos, mandala and butterfly stickers along with 3D paint, acrylics and pencil colours, is a blend of the whimsical, the sensual and the eerie. ‘There is no distinction between any of those qualities,’ he says. ‘The background and the central figures have an Art Deco style. But the painting owes much to contemporary pop culture. For example, the central figure’s fleshy Siamese twins must have been inspired by Lady Gaga’s meat dress. The bird-rabbit hybrid is a riff on ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ The merman collages are a take on ‘The Little Mermaid.’ The painting re-imagines the idea of rebirth as literal and science fiction. Near the bottom of the image lies a pregnant woman with an Afro composed of butterflies. Even though she is dressed scantily and striking a stripper-pose, her protruding belly has a chord tied to it. This external umbilical chord is plugged into her navel and leads directly back to her mouth: pregnancy is seen as an act of self-nourishment for the mother. ‘My feminist studies lecturer would have laughed at the idea!’ laughs Diriye. ‘A woman literally nourishing herself through her own pregnant belly whilst wearing stripper heels sounds ludicrous, and it probably is. It fetishizes an often agonising experience for women but I think in a joyous way.’
Collage:Paper on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.7 W x 16.5 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
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THE GODDESS COMPLEX Culturally, Diriye Osman is Somali-British. Creatively, he's an artist-writer. Born in 1983 in Mogadishu, he was encouraged as a child to draw. When the civil war broke out in Somalia, Diriye and his family fled the country for Kenya. Traumatized by the experiences of war and immigration, the then eight-year-old Diriye found refuge in art. He would spend hours in solitude creating fairytale-like fantasies. These fantasies were influenced by Disney and Miyazaki filtered through the Vogue ideal: beautiful, alien-like sylphs with stylised physiques and catwalk stances. "˜It was only after I grew up that I realized that my entire creative life had always been about repression,' says Diriye. "˜I was a gay kid growing up in a society that had no tolerance for homosexuality. I sensed this hostility and it fed into my work. The women, who were goddess-like creatures, became the acceptable, alluring face of what was a dangerous transgression.' Even after coming to terms with his own sexuality and celebrating it in his fiction, Diriye didn't change his artistic subject matter. "˜Art is about compulsion,' he says. "˜These female characters are a huge part of my identity and I relish their strange beauty. As an artist, I hope there's enough mystery, detail and joie de vivre in this ongoing series for the casual observer and the seasoned aesthete.
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