Aphasia: Striking 117x117cm Black & White Artwork | Hyper-Realistic Charcoal & Pastel on Vintage Newspaper, 2025
Fine Art Drawings : pastel · 117 x 117 x 0.1 cm 46.1 x 46.1 x 0 inch
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
117 x 117 x 0.1 cm 46.1 x 46.1 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
Discover "Aphasia", an incredibly impactful 117x117cm artwork that merges contemporary realism with abstract expression, created using charcoal and pastel on carefully composed vintage newspaper sheets. This unique, hand-drawn piece powerfully contrasts the delicate fragility of human emotion with the overwhelming static of information. The artist deftly portrays the longing for voices to be heard, symbolized by an arresting, expressive mouth emerging from a background of inverted newsprint, which cleverly signifies lost meaning in communication. This substantial artwork makes a bold aesthetic statement, perfect for enriching a contemporary collection or enhancing a modern living space. An exquisite choice for those seeking distinctive black and white modern art or a truly unforgettable gift that resonates with depth and elegance.
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Julia Shilo is a contemporary figurative artist whose practice combines exceptional technical restraint with psychological explorations of identity, instinct, vulnerability, and the inner self.
Her ongoing Blueism series is created using a single pigment: Prussian Blue. Shilo does not use white paint; every area perceived as light is the untouched white canvas itself. This radical limitation requires precision and anticipation. Highlights must be preserved before the brush reaches the surface, while depth, transparency, anatomy, and atmosphere are constructed entirely through variations in pressure, layering, and pigment density.
Within this monochromatic world, female bodies appear submerged in water, crossed by refracted light, fish, reflections, and shadows. Sirens, mermaids, and nymph-like figures emerge not as illustrations of mythology but as psychological forms through which instinct, desire, vulnerability, and self-recognition can be explored.
For Shilo, nudity represents a state before social definition — the body stripped of roles, expectations, and externally imposed identities. Water further destabilizes those boundaries, allowing the figure to dissolve and reform within the same image.
Shilo was a participant in the 2025 London Art Biennale and ranked No. 1 in Artfinder's Top 40 Best Selling Artists in July 2026.
Her work asks what remains when visual and psychological noise is removed. With one color, one surface, and nowhere for technique to hide, Shilo creates paintings that are both technically disciplined and deeply introspective.
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