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Ziad Al Najjar
Torso, 2025
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
188 x 97 cm
74 x 38 1/4 in
Ziad Al Najjar
Torso, 2025Acrylic and pastel on canvas
188 x 97 cm
74 x 38 1/4 in
Ziad Al Najjar Emirati-American, b. 2001
Torso, 2025
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
188 x 97 cm
74 x 38 1/4 in
74 x 38 1/4 in
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Torso reads much like an X-ray, the interior of the human form rendered visible against a saturated orange ground. The painting evokes the body at the moment where flesh meets diagnosis, where the lived self meets the body as it is read by external instruments. The chromatic intensity refuses the clinical neutrality of medical imaging, charging the diagnostic gaze with the temperature of the living thing inside the image.1
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