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Christina Quarles โ€” For Sorrow or Inspiration Bandana
Christina Quarles

For Sorrow or Inspiration Bandana

2020

This screenprinted bandana features an abstract portrait of a face in profile, rendered with striking color contrasts and gestural mark making. The composition blends a grayscale photographic image with vibrant overlays of yellow, pink, red, and lavender, creating a dynamic tension between representation and abstraction. Flowing linear patterns in red and pastel tones obscure portions of the face, while bold yellow strokes frame the composition. The work explores the intersection of figuration and non objective painting, inviting viewers to consider how color and gesture can transform and reimagine the human form.

Medium
Screenprinted bandana
Dimensions

Notes

Lot 343 in EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary on Artsy (May 19, 2026).

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

EHC Essentials: Modern and Contemporary

May 19, 2026

Lot 343

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Christina Quarles, For Sorrow or Inspiration Bandana, 2020

This screenprinted bandana features an abstract portrait of a face in profile, rendered with striking color contrasts and gestural mark making. The composition blends a grayscale photographic image with vibrant overlays of yellow, pink, red, and lavender, creating a dynamic tension between representation and abstraction. Flowing linear patterns in red and pastel tones obscure portions of the face, while bold yellow strokes frame the composition. The work explores the intersection of figuration and non objective painting, inviting viewers to consider how color and gesture can transform and reimagine the human form.

Medium
Screenprinted bandana
Dimensions
55.9 x 55.9 cm
Year
2020
Seen at
EHC Fine Art Auction, Unknown

Related themes

Queer Aesthetics, Mohn Art Collective, Performance Art, Gender Studies, Figurative Abstraction, Screenprint Medium, Gestural Mark Making, Vibrant Color Palette, Postmodern Portraiture, Abstracted figuration, Experimental Printmaking, Color Field, Contemporary Printmaking, Identity Studies, Digital Age Aesthetics, Contemporary Painting, Wearable Art, Abstract Portraiture, Textile Art, Post Internet Art, Mixed Media Portrait

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