Flowerhead

"The one who speaks the truth walks into the room carrying fire where a head should be."
- Nat Berhe

A lone figure stands on a yellow-green stage before a crowd of grey silhouettes, his head replaced by an explosion of color, flowers and frenzy where a face should be. The room is grand, domed, lit by a hanging orb, its walls daubed in blue and mauve. Berhe stages a scene of profound alienation and radical visibility: the artist as spectacle, as bloom, as the only living thing in a hall of shadow.

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48" x 36"