![A mid-size painting with a wild palette – greens, pinks, blues, reds, purples and a brown so deep it's almost black. In the foreground, bottom right, hovers a brushy green breast, hinting at a body from a first person perspective, a woman looking down. With time, one might interpret the piece as an abstracted image of this body squatting, stepping upon her own reflection. Or, one could travel through the piece following winding oil stick scribbles, which begin low, gather in the center and splinter towards the top. These quick marks describe arms, thighs, the mysterious butt of a hammer... Then, top center, a small foot steps on its own bottom, vibrating as the lines that describe it shiver out of sync with its shapes. Just to the side, an acidic green face is hiding, an ear and part of a blue eye creeping out, looking at you.](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/halesgallery/images/view/6d5950ac428f0af8f760f446dc64405ej/halesgallery-sarah-faux-green-screen-2022.jpg)
Sarah Faux
Green screen, 2022
Oil on canvas
168 x 142.9 x 3.8 cm
66 1/8 x 56 1/4 x 1 1/2 in
66 1/8 x 56 1/4 x 1 1/2 in
In disorientating configurations, Faux mirrors and inverts bodily forms- this fragmentation is a compositional and psychological tool. In this work she considers the split identity of the self that one...
In disorientating configurations, Faux mirrors and inverts bodily forms- this fragmentation is a compositional and psychological tool. In this work she considers the split identity of the self that one occupies and the self that one can see; a physical body and its reflection. To her, neither is entirely whole and so she keeps her paintings fluid, images slightly out of reach. In this way, Faux invites us to occupy the at-times uncomfortable space between perception and recognition. Organized from a first-person point of view, Faux's paintings build upon earlier feminist approaches, that of painters Joan Semmel and Luchita Hurtado. This perspective compels onlookers to both occupy a feminized body and viscerally participate in its creation.