Tara Centybear
Amita the Pink
2020
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Nominated by Dani Vinokurov & Sarah Detweiler
Tara's work is filled with powerful and yet vulnerable women. You are instantly drawn to the subjects of her portrait series, Persisters, because they are visually stunning. But they are also so arresting. Tara’s choice to partially cover faces is defiant and empowering. She only lets you see what she wants to see. Not unlike how we present ourselves to strangers, sharing only the parts we are willing or comfortable enough for people to know. And in the act of covering up faces, eyes, mouths and noses, Tara forces us to looker hard, to pay attention to these women. And perhaps their stories are not unlike our own.
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