Painting titled "If Something Made S…" by Shanzay Subzwari, Original Artwork, Gouache

If Something Made Sense For A Change by Shanzay (2018) Painting by Shanzay Subzwari

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Original Artwork Painting, Gouache / Watercolor on Paper

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 16.5in, Width 38.5in
Categories Paintings under $5,000

If something made sense for a change, 38.5x16.5 inches, gouache and mixed media on digital print, 2018

The curious world of Wonderland is one we have grown up with, cherished, and marvelled over. It entranced us when we were children and has enamoured us as adults. Alas, one cannot help but question the quirks and idiosyncrasies of this mesmerising tale. What is the deeper meaning of all the strange occurrences that Alice experiences in her journey down the rabbit hole? Was she really dreaming, or did what we call ‘reality’ really bend itself for her? With Wonderland as a metaphor for life, this series investigates and ponders existential ideas and coming-of-age struggles in conjunction with themes of deception, political ambiguities and popular culture that are usually explored in my work. With Mughal miniature references as an ode to my training in this field, I comment on the human condition, history and society, and how the past, present and future are linked in a strangely complex but fascinating way.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Gouache

The substances are diluted with water and rendered pasty and opaque by the addition of gum and honey. The colors become opaque and can, therefore, be superimposed, which makes one paint with gouache as with oil. The gouache is recommended by its bright, fresh and delicate tones.

Watercolor

Watercolor is a painting in which gum arabic binds transparent pigments revealing the support of the painting. The gouache, of identical composition, is opaque. A watercolor is a water-based painting on paper. We rarely speak of a painting for a work painted in watercolor. Watercolor paintings are considered to be a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions and luminous feelings using water soluble pigments. However, painting with watercolors can be difficult. It's a difficult medium to master, in large part because it can be ruthless and unpredictable. Mistakes are difficult to correct and its fluid nature makes it difficult to control. Yet it is these very qualities that give the medium its undeniable charm.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.