{"product_id":"mona-hissa-2","title":"Mona Hissa","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMona Hissa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents a figure that hovers between presence and dissolution, emerging from a densely worked surface that feels at once constructed and eroded. The portrait is not simply painted, it is built. Layers of fragmented material, pressed into the surface, create a terrain where the body and its surroundings begin to merge. The figure’s face remains the most resolved element, offering a point of stillness amid the surrounding volatility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeep blacks and greens press inward, while bursts of red and ochre seem to rise from within. The garment, almost armor-like in its density, expands outward into abstraction, dissolving the boundary between subject and environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt historically, the work aligns with a lineage of figurative abstraction that treats the body as a site of transformation rather than representation. The emphasis on materiality places it in dialogue with postwar practices that challenged the flatness of painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMona Hissa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e holds a quiet intensity, as if caught in a moment of becoming, where identity is not fixed but continuously unfolding through texture, color, and form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ds9gwETJ3hc?si=31_eev0U3QhuvjNA\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haleh Mashian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53645422395756,"sku":null,"price":10000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/9023\/6012\/files\/Mona_Hissa.jpg?v=1777492985","url":"https:\/\/www.mashgallery.com\/products\/mona-hissa-2","provider":"MASH Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}