Back Massage, 2020
Work on paper
Acrylic, Charcoal
42 x 36 inches
106.68 x 91.44
Unique work
This work is stamped
SNEHA KRISHNAN - Back Massage
Note: The work is slightly more on the grayscale than deep black as in the picture.
This work was made as a process of self healing. Living alone in New York with a severe neck pain, the artist craved for touch and a warm massage. Treating the paint and flesh and moving her fingers as though giving herself a massage, the artist helped herself heal. This interaction brought her closer to an understanding of self-love. ‘ They walked closer to the parts of them which were in pain, parts of them which ached to be healed by touch. They longed for a touch which could absorb the intensity of their suffering. They dreamt, as they ran their fingers through the thick wet paint, soft and dense like actual flesh, of absorbing all the pain and putting it in a place outside of their body. A place far away from human consciousness, a place perpetually out of reach, a place where all human suffering is held with utmost caution, never to reach us again. ‘- Sneha Krishnan