Short Sighted
Alma Sarac
- Sitter: Alma Sarac
- Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
- Dimensions: 101 x 101 cm
- Representation: 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace
- Category: Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artists
About the artwork and sitter
This is a self-portrait. The artist has experienced short-sightedness since she was a young child, and although her vision continues to deteriorate, it has never affected her art, thanks to glasses.
“This symbiotic relationship became a norm for me, but I wondered what my current perspective would look like in my art practice. This portrait is the first time I have attempted to paint myself without my glasses, just pure naked blurry vision. Everything was out of focus, changing the way I approached painting. I found this process a cathartic reflection of my present whilst challenging my past and how I think about the future.”
About the artist
Besides Brisbane, Alma Sarac has lived in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe where she had solo and group exhibitions, and has been selected as a finalist in a number of competitions. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo, with the equivalent of Honours degree in 1991. Alma loves to use combination of modern and classical painting techniques to create a visual diary of the world around her.
