Zena Assi

Put it in a Ghandour 555 Biscuit Box 2 - Painting, Mixed media on canvas

2022

Three figures, rendered in a muted grayscale palette, pose against a vivid patchwork of floral and geometric patterns, a visual echo of domestic textiles, or wallpapered memory. Thei...

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