hyperallergic:

Artist Keltie Ferris used her own body to paint this series, in which bodies become brightly colored, replicated figures. 

In an interview, Ferris discusses these vivid, bodily works:
“Well, armies march. And so do protesters. Modular bodies moving in grids, in formation, showing their power or maybe their resistance to power — that’s a march.”

Read more: https://hyperallergic.com/373175/it-feels-sacrificial-an-artist-repeatedly-imprints-her-body-on-paper/


These images, top to bottom:

1. Keltie Ferris, “Backlash” (2017), oil and powdered pigment on paper, 39 15/16 by 26 ¼ in. (© Keltie Ferris, image courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash)

2-3. Installation view of M/A/R/C/H at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York (photo by Mark-Woods.com, © Keltie Ferris, courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash)

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