Nika Arminé
Title: Feeling Rome
Size: 12" by 18"
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Date: 2019
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Description: There seems a sense of salesmanship here, of someone selling a notion of this storied and romanticized city. This woman seems caught up in, apprehended by that story and experience, the very idea of Rome. The faded, distressed texture conjures the feel of some sort of advertisement, perhaps rendered on a wall and weathered over the years. Though its “text” has long since been wiped away by the elements, the subtext remains. We are meant to “buy” something here, perhaps buy into something. The piece’s title gives us a clue.