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Sascha Braunig — Edith
Sascha Braunig

Edith

A tightly cropped figure emerges from a compressed, claustrophobic space, her form wrapped in a sleek, skin-tight garment that blurs the boundary between body and surface. Braunig employs a cool, precise painting style to render Edith with an unsettling stillness, her features mask-like and her posture rigidly controlled. The work reflects the artist's signature exploration of bodily constraint and psychological tension, using formal geometry and synthetic color to evoke both vulnerability and an eerie sense of containment.

Medium
oil on panel

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February 29, 2016

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Sascha Braunig, Edith

A tightly cropped figure emerges from a compressed, claustrophobic space, her form wrapped in a sleek, skin-tight garment that blurs the boundary between body and surface. Braunig employs a cool, precise painting style to render Edith with an unsettling stillness, her features mask-like and her posture rigidly controlled. The work reflects the artist's signature exploration of bodily constraint and psychological tension, using formal geometry and synthetic color to evoke both vulnerability and an eerie sense of containment.

Medium
oil on panel
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Figurative Painting, Canadian Artist, Muted Palette, Psychological Mood, Uncanny Mood, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Geometric Abstraction, 21st Century, Oil On Panel, 21st Century Art, Portrait, Distorted Figure, Psychological Tension, Female Artist

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