We Are Wire (Original Drawing)

From a tangled mat of tendrils, roots, sinew, and cable emerges a face of ambiguous countenance. Is this reflection of a person sullen, despondent, concerned, or simply exhausted? Or something else? Further, this image provokes us to ask: is it coming to form with these many strands, or is it decomposing into its constituent parts? Is it raveling or unraveling? Either way, it seems to whisper a statement: we are wire, strings and strands suspended in time and space from our origins to our demise. This raises one final question during a time of severe disruption (social, psychological, political): who are we, really? Are we limited to our own understandings of ourselves, or are we much more than that? If the latter, we must cope with our own otherness.
Graphite on Strathmore 500 paper. 17" x 14". Signed and dated on the back, 2026. Framed, 24" x 20".
On view at Sama / سما art projects, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, through October 16, 2026. Inquire until October 17: info@darkhouse.art.
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