Symmetry of Survival by @ManikVisuals Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Mixed MEDIA Dimensions: 18 x 18 in Year: 2025 Price: $750.00 USD Status: available Symmetry of Survival explores the balance between instinct and awareness. Two mirrored human profiles face outward while an abstract central form emerges between them, suggesting tension, reflection, and inner confrontation. The layered textures and bold color contrasts create a sense of psychological intensity and environmental energy. Originally hand-drawn in ink, the artwork is digitally enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, where textured layers and a mirror effect transform the drawing into a dynamic phygital composition. The fusion of traditional mark-making and digital manipulation mirrors the duality within human nature — instinct and intellect, destruction and harmony. Why collect this work?Two outward-facing profiles are locked to a pointed central structure, using bilateral symmetry not as calm resolution but as a form of mutual dependence. The artist describes his practice as combining physical painting with digital and AI-assisted processes. In this work, that hybrid framework helps connect recognizable bodies with compressed abstraction.In the supplied image, heavy black contours define the profiles, clenched hands and an enclosed, masklike centre. Areas appearing turquoise, yellow and pink compete with that rigid framework, making the image feel both ordered and congested.Catalogue information identifies an ink drawing digitally enhanced in Adobe Photoshop through layering and mirroring. Mirroring establishes the governing structure, while dense, uneven marks complicate exact repetition and preserve visual friction.Encountering this work allows digital symmetry to be considered as more than ornament. Each figure seems separate, yet both are constructed around the same central form, making division and interdependence difficult to disentangle. About the Artist@ManikVisuals @ManikVisuals is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Kolkata, IN. Nationality: Indian My practice fuses physical painting with digital and AI-assisted processes to create phygital artworks.
