Portrait of the Self (camouflaged) by Liliane Tomasko

Facts

Material

Acrylic and acrylic spray on aluminium
 

Size

193 x 178 cm

Description

Liliane Tomasko’s abstract paintings employ a distinctive, bold lyricism and assertive sense of colour, rooting their abstraction in the physical realm but ultimately transcending it. The artist begins her investigation of the human psyche in the domestic sphere, offering attentive studies of bedding and clothing: the intimate textures of our lives. Through the artist’s reflections, these prosaic materials open a gateway into the nocturnal realm of sleep and dreaming, articulating the creatively fertile space between ‘conscious’ and ‘unconscious’. Fusing material observation with intuition and association, the artist produces vigorous, imaginative expressions of familiar environments and psychological states. Intense colour, subtle tone, shadow, and painterly gesture allow space to come in and out of focus, oscillating between clarity and obscurity and emulating the atmospheric power of dreams and memories. In 2022, Tomasko began a series of works each titled a variation on Portrait of the Self. Each painting expresses a different state, mindset or mood, reflecting the fluidity of our selfhood.
 

Location

Zurich