Compressed oil pigment, acrylic, charcoal on rug (framed).
27x39"
A Surreal self portrait of myself; done in a time of my life where I felt spiritual vulnerable and suppressed by the world around me. In 2022 I took some time off from everything; work, painting, relationships with people and the world all around me. I found myself ending up in Toronto Ontario at the Art Gallery of Ontario a lot. In this time they hosted an exhibition from October 6th 2021 to January 4th 2022 for Picasso's "Painting in the Blue Period". This collection of works really spoke to me in this time of my life. I was particularly drawn to "The blue room" 1901. The emotions it invoked in me were directly correlated into a collection of works I began to work on; creating a sense of comforting nostalgia I had once found in Picasso's works. The work I choice to show you "Blue Self Portrait" was done on a cut of rug I ripped out to represent a part of me being stepped on by the society I was living in at the time. I used compressed oil pigments representing how compressed the world looked around me, and the use of acrylic showed how I viewed a part of myself as plastic. Depicting a surreal distortion of my face, line works horizontal and vertical representing the body and souls journey on the plains of life lost in time. The moon and sun depicted at the top of the work, touch more on the concept of time and the constant change that comes with the passing days. This was how I felt in those days of "dread", expressed through pigment. Thank you.
Austyn Tasi is a modern artist who happens to live in Guelph Ontario, located in Canada. He’s been creating/studying art almost all of his life. It wasn’t till about four years ago though when he decided this was what he wanted for his life. Austyn began to take his artistic journey more seriously, trying to balance a sense for full avant-garde with a sense of classical and renaissance painting theory. He has never been one for words, preferring to talk with the paint instead. Hoping he can begin to express the journey he’s walked the past few years alongside creation in efforts to find and keep his own sanctuary for sanity.
-Thank you for your time, Austyn Tasi
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
The tittle of this body of work is called "1922". The painting is an encaustic bees wax on a pane of glass. The composition started when I stumbled across some old architectural sketches of ideas for buildings for downtown Guelph. The sketch consisted of an outline for a building with rooms inside of it for an office space. I used the foundation of this sketch as the inspiration in the beginning of the composition before I begin to crush and mix raw pigments to create the colours I desired. I kept a raw monochromatic palette to draw the simplicity and nostalgia the 1920's had brought. This gave me a feeling of depth and comfy in a way I couldn't explain; I feel this emotion every time I observe this piece to this day. I hope you find the same comforts I do in this empty room.
-Thank you, Austyn Tasi
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