Shattering Boundaries: Exploring Sanaz Haeri's "Breakthrough"

Apricus Art Collection presents a compelling work by Sanaz Haeri, titled "Breakthrough." This piece, rich in texture and layered with meaning, offers a glimpse into the artist's exploration of the human figure within a dynamic and evolving context.

A Closer Look at "Breakthrough"

"Breakthrough" is part of Haeri's recent series, featuring human figures rendered with a unique and somewhat disfigured aesthetic that echoes her earlier "creatures." The artwork showcases Haeri's signature technique of building texture through a combination of pastel, marker, and oil colors, manipulated with solvent and water-based paints to create intriguing interactions.

The figure in "Breakthrough" is deeply integrated within the texture, actively shaping its environment rather than being isolated from it. This signifies a shift from Haeri's previous works, where figures were often cut from their original contexts. Intriguingly, the entire composition of "Breakthrough" has been cut out and added to another piece of paper, continuing Haeri's fascination with the act of separation and recontextualization.

The Artist's Statement: A Window into the Creative Process

In her statement, Haeri shares valuable insights into her artistic process: "This works is selected from my recent series, which includes human figures (also somehow disfigured as my older creatures). The texture has been made by the same technique I have practiced and then the figures’ details had been added. I used pastel, marker, oil colors and the solvent and then some water based colors to interfere with those previous ones. Here the figure is amongst the texture and is creating it rather than the old works which has been cut from their original contexts. But then all that’s happening in the picture had been cut out and added to another piece of paper. (cutting out the figure from the paper of origin was always been an aspect to me)."