M with Bra, 2010, is a captivating mixed media piece that exemplifies the innovative spirit of contemporary art. This captivating artwork presents a striking monochromatic portrait of a woman, capturing a blend of vintage allure and modern edginess. The model's retro hairstyle and makeup evoke classic Hollywood glamour, while the black and white composition enhances the timelessness of the piece. The artist employs dynamic splatters and drips of paint, adding an unexpected layer of abstraction that contrasts with the subject's smooth, poised expression. This overlay of chaotic energy brings an avant-garde touch, challenging the viewer to explore beyond the apparent elegance. The intricate textures along the edges frame the piece, directing the gaze inward, and creating a sense of depth. The artwork is a bold interplay of light and shadow, form and spontaneity, capturing a moment that seems both fixed in time and perpetually in motion.
This of one of a kind intervened artworks produced in 2009 and 2010 marks Isaza's artistic shift from traditional fashion photography into fine art. It was at this time that Isaza began to explore beyond the camera lens through the process of applying physical interventions onto his printed images, using paint, crayon, tape, graphite and other such unconventional materials.
M with Bra, 2010. Mixed Media
M with Bra, 2010
Mixed Media. Archival pigment print mounted on aluminum with ink and paint
Dimensions: 37 H x 29.5 W in.
Unique
Efren Isaza, one of Colombia’s most influential fashion photographers, initially studied fashion design. He united his interest in fashion with one of his earliest passions: photography. Graceful female figures lounge in fashionable poses. Paper costumes that seem borrowed from Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballet make the ballerinas look like marionettes.
Their dislocation recalls the puppets Hans Bellmer featured in his surreal photographic experiments. Frida Kahlo’s face with her dark, furrowed eyebrows, peers at the viewer out of different scenes; her hair is knotted artfully on her head.The allusions evoked in the imaginative creations of Colombian Fashion photographer Isaza are diverse: he cites and alienates an arsenal of styles before melding them into new compositions OF ONE OF A KIND LIMITED EDITION ARTWORK. It might be a certain scene, a poem, a petal of a flower, or the idea of a person that inspires a new work. His passion for breaking the boundaries of traditional fashion photography is palpable in each of Isaza’s unique works. He is less concerned with fashion than the image, the play of contrasts and the magic and the emotions sometimes saturnine,sometimes buoyant, sometimes surreal, and yet always beguiling that the image transports.
