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I thought that the death of Hind Rajab would open the eyes and hearts of the world . Tragically, her image and her voice begging to be saved did not transform the world in the way that the photos of Alan Kurdi and Pham Thi Kim Phuc changed the way the world handled the Syrian refugee crisis and saw US involvement in the Vietnam Nam war.

08.03.2024

Watercolour on paper, diptych, 24” x 36”

#contemporary art #art #drawing #artists on tumblr #arte #kunst #contemporary drawing #figurativeart #dibujo #disegno #dessin #ireneasteri #gaza #hind rajab

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Famishment

This work started out about Gaza, then it morphed into climate and then it became about me. So I let it develop.

Watercolour, gouache, ink and graphite on paper, 110 x 130 cm, wip

#contemporary art #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #arte #kunst #contemporary drawing #dibujo #disegno #famine #ireneasteri

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Melancholia

Life’s wound, life’s work

03.2023 - 16.01.2024

#contemporary art #art #drawing #arte #kunst #contemporary drawing #figurativeart #life drawing #dessin #dibujó #disegno #kunstwerk #melancholia

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25.12.2023, Irene Asteri

#gingham #sideways #selfie #contemporary art #art #artists on tumblr #self portrait #photography #greenkitchenstories

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Echo Chamber (Gaza). 05.2021

Ink on paper, 18” x 24”, 46 x 61 cm

#contemporary art #art #artists on tumblr #drawing #contemporary drawing #war on gaza #Gaza #ceasefire #arte #kunsthandwerk #kunst #figurativeart #ireneasteri

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Queens of Slander

02. 2022 - 04.2023, Watercolour, ink, graphite and pastel on paper, 18” x 24”, 46 x 61 cm

#contemporary art #artists on tumblr #drawing #art #contemporarydrawing #kunst #dibujó #disegno #kunstwerk #figurativeart #self portrait #slander

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No Justice. No Peace. Stay safe on the streets.

Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Lives Matter. All Luves Matter. The systems we live under are grotesquely bloated. We must all come together and demand justice, equality and a living planet.

#georgefloyd #inequality #polucebrutality #protest #black lives matter #black and white #indigenous #action #timeisnow #timeisup #Youtube

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Golden Nugget

Everyday the worst battle is with outself and our shadow.

Everyday a new sun rises and there's an opportunity to show up better and stronger.

Mixed-media on paper, 18" x 24", 10.05.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#arte #contemporary art #art #f #figurative #figurativeart #drawinglife #contemporary drawing #life drawing

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Liberty Is A Girl

Mixed-media on paper, 18" x 24", 09.05.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art #drawing #arte #painting #watercolour #artists on tumblr #politicalart #toronto #covid 19 #covidquarantine #coronadiaries #nyc #statueofliberty #hope #contempoaryart #worksonpaper

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Incorrigible

Mixed media on paper, 11" x 14", 7.05.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art #drawing #arte #painting #watercolour #artists on tumblr #contempoaryart #contemporarydrawing #politicalart #covid 19 #coronadiaries

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Water, Air & Sky, Everything Will Die

200 species a day are going extinct.

Know it, feel it, act on it.

Watercolour on paper, 12" x 12", 23.02.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art #drawing #artists on tumblr #arte #painting #watercolour #illustration #toronto #contempoaryart #enviromental #deforestation #climate change #pesticides

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A Drop In Time

mixed-media on paper, 18" x 24", 04/2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art #arte #contemporaryart

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Portapique

Self-portrait, 14" x 17", mixed-media on paper, 23.04.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art #artists on tumblr #drawing #painting #watercolour #illustration #contemporaryart #toronto #self portrait #tulips

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Twilight Covidity

In aquarium solarium solitary

Lights fade in twilight covidity

Walls melt into serendipity

I dive into liminality

And play with immateriality

And hold my breath until Reality

Turns the lights on and I cry.

Irene A. Asteri (words and image)

Paper collage, 2' x 2 ', April 2020

#art #artists on tumblr #illiustration #illustrator on tumblr #illustration #art drawing painting contemporaryart sketch watercolour artist toronto #c #coronavirus #coronadiaries #s #storytelling #socialdistancing #covid 19 #innerchild #p #poem #poetry

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The Bear Has A Theory About Humans

Watercolour + graphite on paper, (18″ x 24″),  16.04.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#earthday2020 #art #drawing #painting #contemporaryart #watercolour #animism #animals #polarbear #eagle #artists on tumblr #toronto #illustration

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Exile

I have been away from art, trying to save the world as an Extinction Rebelion activist, now I am back to trying to save myself.  Admittedly, it’s a relief  to be back in my studio giving voice to whatever arises. 

I hope you have all been well in the era of eco and corona anxiety.

Watercolour + Ink on paper, 12′ x 18″,   22.02.2020

Irene A. Asteri

#art drawing painting contemporaryart sketch watercolour artist toronto

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Chinook Seppuku

We Are Fish Too

Mixed media on paper, ( 30″ x 44″ diptych), 12.12.2018

Irene A. Asteri

#art #arte #kunst #contemporary art #painting #drawing #works on paper #watercolour #salmon #global warming #oceans #artists on tumblr #Canadian art #toronto