Zarina Karapetyan · Second Nature II
Description
Second Nature II explores the delicate intersections between the botanical and the human body. Through an intimate, magnified study of a tulip petal, the work reveals intricate vein-like structures that evoke the branching pathways of the human nervous system, as well as the appearance of a heart or internal organ. What initially suggests human anatomy gradually reveals itself as something entirely botanical.
These visual parallels create a space where two seemingly separate worlds begin to merge, their forms and structures echoing one another until the distinction between them becomes almost illusory. The work invites the viewer into a shifting visual experience, a mirage in which the organic language of a flower and the complexity of the human body coexist and transform into one another.
Oil and sand on canvas · 15 x 30 in · Soft Gravity, 2026
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