This contemporary artwork depicts a serene, domestic scene with a muted color palette. The composition features two figures - one seated at a table and the other in a bathtub - set against a minimalist backdrop of geometric shapes and soft textures. The artist employs a stylized, flattened approach, emphasizing the interplay of colors and forms. The subject matter suggests a moment of quiet introspection, inviting the viewer to contemplate the intimate, everyday experiences that shape our lives. Through this understated visual language, the artwork subtly explores themes of human connection, personal space, and the quiet beauty found in the mundane. ...
Sofia Pashaei works with oils on linen to create incredibly atmospheric domestic scenes. With a confidence in use of colour which parallels the work of the Expressionists and The Blue Rider Group, Pashaei wields her brush to each canvas with immense precision. What has shifted however, is that the figures in her pieces are women enjoying other women’s company, contrasting the male lens seen in Degas’s paintings of women bathing. The mood is one of total adoration for female intimacy and companionship. Her painting style is illustrative and graphic, crafting enticing tableaux in bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens. A spotlight might highlight the passing of a lemon, or the reaching for a glass of wine between friends. Functioning like candid photographs, each painting brings about a peaceful moment in time which has been carefully distilled by Pashaei. Absurdist details make their way onto the canvas, for example, a bathtub may split into a table the scale of limbs might be slightly out of kilter, or a goose may wander from outside in one painting, into a room of another work. This humour imbues each painting with a charm that is seen cohesively as they operate as an ode to female friendship.
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