Hera’s Poetic Portraits of Childlike Scavengers Foster Therapeutic Interactions Between Artist and Self

A large-eyed young woman looks at the viewer and wears a deer headdress

“The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.4 x 39.4 inches. All photos © Hera, courtesy of Corey Helford Gallery, shared with permission

German-Pakistani artist Jasmin Siddiqui, who works as Hera and was half of the road artwork duo referred to as Herakut, brings a brand new sequence of scavengers to Corey Helford Gallery this month in tHERApy room 2. The solo present extends a body of work Hera introduced in 2021, equally depicting a large-eyed younger lady donning the heads of wildlife. Outlined by the artist’s graffiti fashion with drips, splatters, and sweeping spray-painted marks, the portraits join adolescent marvel, innocence, and naivety to the broader human situation. “Every observe I write and share with the world is definitely a message addressed to that inside little one, the susceptible half that wants that further encouragement, that discuss of hope, of magic, and somewhat little bit of escapism,” she says.

Having first picked up a can of spray paint 23 years in the past, Hera considers these works a mirrored image of her evolution as an artist and particular person, saying:

If you’ll, you may see each bit as a remedy session, the place the therapist could be Hera wielding brush and spray paint, and the affected person could be Jasmin, the girl beneath the animal metaphor hats and masks. Describing my art work that approach makes it appear as if I had by no means stopped working in a duo.

tHERApy room 2, which additionally incorporates the artist’s new superhero sculptures, is on view by Could 27 in Los Angeles. You could find extra on Instagram.

A large-eyed young woman looks at the viewer and wears an elephant headdress

“A Mind That Hardly ever Forgets Wants a Coronary heart That Readily Forgives,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.5 x 31.5 inches

A large-eyed young woman looks at the viewer and wears a crow headdress with rats climbing on her body

“There’s Nice Kinship Among the many Outcasts,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 31.5 x 31.5 inches

A close up view of a large-eyed young woman who looks at the viewer and wears a deer headdress

Element of “The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.4 x 39.4 inches

A large-eyed young woman looks at the viewer and wears a fox headdress, a book in her lap

“Studying Collectively Was Like Sharing an Imaginary Pal,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.5 x 31.5 inches

Two images, on the left a painting of a woman wearing a deer headdress facing a man with a similar buck garment, who is cradling a raccoon baby. On the right is a woman facing the viewer wearing a green hat with several tiny deer on her head

Left: “By no means Be King Only for Your self,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 47.2 x 31.5 inches. Proper: “Ideas Are Free,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 63 x 47.25 inches

A large-eyed woman with wings balances on a pedestal facing two other creatures

“Yr After Yr Magic and Nature Conferred Concerning the Unsure Way forward for People and At all times Ended Up Granting Them Extra Time,” acrylic paint, spray paint, charcoal on canvas, 39.25 x 39.25 inches

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