Stolen Existence

$2,295.00

Stolen Existence

Charcoal on paper

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Stolen Existence is a charcoal portrait of a figure with no face of their own, wearing a severed head as a pendant at their throat. The empty visage belongs to the thief—someone so hollow they must steal another’s identity, accomplishments, and recognition to appear whole. The severed head hangs like proof of what was taken: a life reduced to an ornament, a voice made silent, and a history clipped of context. It is a quiet, unsettling tale of theft, erasure, and the slow, stubborn work of taking back what was stolen.

Specification

Image size: 16 1/6” x 22”
Paper type: Cotton

Stolen Existence

Charcoal on paper

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Stolen Existence is a charcoal portrait of a figure with no face of their own, wearing a severed head as a pendant at their throat. The empty visage belongs to the thief—someone so hollow they must steal another’s identity, accomplishments, and recognition to appear whole. The severed head hangs like proof of what was taken: a life reduced to an ornament, a voice made silent, and a history clipped of context. It is a quiet, unsettling tale of theft, erasure, and the slow, stubborn work of taking back what was stolen.

Specification

Image size: 16 1/6” x 22”
Paper type: Cotton