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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 36 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
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Sweet Fruit is one of the pieces in my "Inspired Surrealism" collection, which include works inspired by Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte and Frida Kahlo. It deals with my ongoing battle with depression and anxiety and how I have to fight everyday to stay "afloat" and maintain inner peace. The subject in the photo holds a delicious looking fruit, as she laughs to herself. In the background hangs a painting that depicts 4 impossibly stacked chairs in a barren land. The stacked chairs are a recurring motif in my works, which I use to represent my anxiety and depression. Although the woman in the piece is enjoying a pleasant moment in a seemingly perfect and well put together world, the painting in the background is a constant reminder about the fragility of her mental state.
Original Created:2019
Subjects:People
Materials:Canvas
Styles:SurrealismFigurativeFine Art
Mediums:Acrylic
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Abi Salami is a self-taught artist who creates large-scale surrealist works that explore her experiences as a Nigerian immigrant and Black woman in the United States. Through the use of a personal visual lexicon made up of symbols, she explores topics such as memory, mental health and race. Based in Dallas, Texas, she earned a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and worked in Corporate America for almost a decade before committing to painting full-time. Since then, she has gone on to exhibiting in Dallas and across the United States including at The Women’s Museum, the African American Museum of Art in Dallas, Band of Vices Gallery in Los Angeles and Field Projects in New York City. She was the winner of the 2021 Hopper Prize. She was selected as a candidate of the Saatchi Art 2020 Rising Stars under 35 Class and a 2021 New Voices Top 100 Artists. She and her work have been featured on the Washington Post, New York Times, Artland, Artsy, D Magazine, Glasstire and Patron Magazine.
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