Them

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Them
by © emma cha

Two faces inhabit the same fracture—blue against yellow, thought against silence.
Emotion threads through broken pigment, where identity liquefies into hue and form into tension.
Abstraction breathes between their glances, half-speaking, half-remembering.

An abstract expressionist portrait of dual identity—two faces emerging through layered impasto and vibrant dissonance. Emotion and geometry merge in chromatic dialogue, exploring the fragile border between self and other.

Artistic Statement:
Inspired by post-war expressionism, Them examines identity fragmentation and coexistence through pigment tension. Layers of blue, yellow, and red dissolve structure into feeling—where faces become states of mind.

Influences:
de Kooning, Nicolas de Staël, Egon Schiele, Chagall, Joan Mitchell
Each influence shapes the visual psyche: de Kooning’s figural fracture, de Staël’s dense color masses, Schiele’s psychological contour, Chagall’s poetic tension, Mitchell’s gestural light. Together they articulate the emotional dissonance of shared identity.