This compelling conceptual self-portrait photography print stands as a definitive visual statement within the highly celebrated Farbtöne series by fine artist Michaela Haider. Serving as a profound exploration of human existence and identity the unique studio composition relies on the artists own body to map out an emotional story of resilience. The composition anchors a central female figure with arms tightly folded across her torso, heavily altered by thick textured patches of dark multi-layered matter mimicking small physical offerings or organic growths emerging from the skin. This raw tactility balances seamlessly with an ocean of dark navy blue space filled with sweeping motion blur trails and gold-dusted pigment clouds wisping around the edges.
Series 'Farbtöne' - hues of colour, tones of life.Each artwork of the series shows a story, a tone, an element of existence in this world. There are countless shades to it. The images are just a selection of some. An idea being conveyed.
Small offerings What do we offer the world? What we offer from our selfs, what we offer as artists, what we offer as beings in a society strung into a net of relationships with others.
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Conceptual Self-portrait Photography - Small offerings, 2023. By Michaela Haider
Small offerings, 2023
From Farbtöne Series
Hahnemühle Photo Rag (HPR) 300g
Limited Edition.
Unframed
Edition 2/5 printed, signed and numbered in front.
* Print comes with a 0.7 in. white border
Originally from Austria, Michaela Haider found her expression in photography at an early age. Drawing inspiration for her early works from the fields and forests, streams and rivers of the region she grew up in. After studying chemistry in Graz, Helsinki and Berlin, the scientific perspective provided even deeper insights into the unifying element of her work — the relationship between the human form and nature, and the materialistic aspect of both.
Her images depict staged worlds that pose and explore the question of this relationship from the human perspective.
Haider's works have been exhibited in Austria, Germany, Spain, and Finland.
