Nika Arminé
Title: Blend
Size: 12" by 18"
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Date: 2019
Price: Please Inquire
Description: In hiding his features, this figure of a man reveals so much. We see something in him, perhaps a secret, a thing suppressed, and he seems abashed at the revelation. Shading suggests a leather jacket and perhaps the tilt of a cowboy hat. Are we getting a glimpse here of another side of the iconic Marlboro Man - that silent, statuesque cigarette salesman of a bygone era? If so, here is the flip side. Striking, at his core, is the face of a woman. Here we find vulnerability. We see, finally, the feminine coming through. And her gaze is kind, yet undeniable, direct and unflinching.