Evi Pangestu, Stretched Square dark teal the cobalt blue-colored bag might

the cobalt blue-colored bag might look small but it is able to expand to a bigger size when loaded

Its flared skirt is accentuated with enormous floral embroidery in front

Camellia brown

Friendly but cheeky

Mixed media on canvas | 120 x 100cm | 2023

Evi Pangestu, Stretched Square dark teal the cobalt blue-colored bag mightStretched Squares started with a drawing of a square grid on canvas that was stretched onto the square stretcher frame. The pulling action in the stretching process created distortion to the well ordered canvas strands, resulting in irregularity in the lines of the grid. Though each square is stretched the frame remains a perfect square, conveying a statement of fairness in the control that the painting began with, rebelled against, and is resting on