Queen(Red) by Agent X
Explore Mondoir Studio
Medium: giclee print
Dimensions: 30 x 40 in
Edition production year: 2017
Edition of 10
Price: $1125.00 USD
Status: available
"Queen(Red)" emerged from my deep fascination with the duality of identity and nature. I wanted to explore how our inner worlds are as rich and complex as a blooming garden. The silhouettes facing each other represent a dialogue between our inner selves, each adorned with vibrant blossoms that symbolize the myriad emotions and thoughts we harbor. The tapestry of flowers, with their vivid reds, yellows, and blues, mirrors the intensity of our experiences. I chose these colors to convey passion, joy, and tranquility, weaving them together to reflect the complexity of human emotion. The lush textures invite you to lose yourself in the intricate patterns, much like the way we can get lost in our own thoughts. My hope is that viewers find a piece of themselves in this work, feeling both the beauty and chaos of their inner landscapes. I want this piece to serve as a reminder of our inherent beauty and the endless possibilities within us. As you gaze upon it, I hope you feel a connection to your own inner garden, rich with life and potential.
Why collect this work?
Two opposing profiles are defined by the red ground cutting into floral masses, turning the space between figures into the work’s central image of relation and separation.
- Agent X states that the silhouettes represent inner selves and the flowers varied emotions. The composition supports multiplicity, although its divided structure leaves their relationship productively unresolved.
- In the photograph, the profiles face inward but do not meet. Repeated blossoms suggest correspondence, while asymmetrical outlines and different floral placements resist a simple mirror image.
- Catalogued as a 2017 giclée print measuring 30 by 40 inches, the medium allows detailed floral imagery and flat surrounding colour to coexist crisply. The photograph cannot confirm surface texture or exact colour.
- The print is significant as a portrait built from absence rather than facial detail. Encountering the pair raises a precise question: whether identity resides in the filled silhouettes, the empty profiles, or their visual dependence on each other.
About the Artist
Agent X
Agent X is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: printmaking. Based in Vancouver, CA.
Nationality: Canadian
Agent X, cultural explorer and agent of the unknown, creates experimental, multimedia collages, paintings, and 2D artwork.
