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The Contemplative One: Modern Symbolic Animal Artwork in Black, White, and Crimson, 2026
Dizlarka   Best sellers

Fine Art Drawings : Watercolour, acrylic, pencil, pastel · 27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

€235 235 €
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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Hand-signed by artist

Dimensions ( cm • inch )

27.8 x 20 x 0.1 cm 10.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

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The Contemplative One: Contemporary Symbolic Animal Artwork

Discover an expressive and symbolic piece that breathes life into any sophisticated, modern living space. "The Contemplative One" (27.8 x 20 cm / 10.9 x 7.9 in) utilizes a blend of acrylic, pastel, pencil, and watercolor on paper to deliver a raw, honest look at the diversity of human character. As part of "The Inner Beast" series, this work serves as an invitation to look inward and embrace the unique combination of traits that define our individual identity. The stark, high-contrast palette—defined by deep blacks and vibrant, punchy crimson—ensures this artwork acts as a striking focal point for any room, while its artistic depth makes it a premier choice for dedicated collectors. This piece is particularly suited for those looking to infuse their home with personality and emotional resonance. Its medium and format demonstrate a refined, contemporary approach to figurative art, perfect for gifting or elevating a curated interior.

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Dizlarka, The Contemplative One: Modern Symbolic Animal Artwork in Black, White, and Crimson

Dizlarka

Spain  • 1983

Presentation

Dizlarka, the artistic name of Leah Larisa Bunshaft, is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist whose practice examines femininity, feminism, motherhood, vulnerability, identity, personal boundaries, and the social structures that shape women's lives.

Working across painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and installation, Dizlarka treats material as an active part of meaning. Textiles, glass, concrete, photographs, found objects, threads, masks, and domestic or bodily references create tensions between protection and exposure, beauty and pressure, fragility and resistance.

Much of her work begins with female experience. She is particularly interested in the roles women are expected to perform — caring, organizing, adapting, nurturing, remaining desirable, absorbing emotional labor — and in how these expectations can become so normalized that they are no longer seen.

Her project My Borders explores personal, psychological, bodily, and social boundaries through a predominantly red visual language. Female figures, threads, masks, heels, and symbolic objects become ways of examining control, autonomy, expectation, and self-definition.

Dizlarka's work does not present vulnerability as the opposite of strength. Instead, the two continually coexist. Personal experience becomes a starting point for questions that extend beyond autobiography: what do we carry because we choose to, and what have we simply been taught to carry?

Her work has been exhibited internationally in the United States and Europe, including presentations at MoRA Museum in New York and museum exhibitions in Italy.

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