CONTRAPTION (T-1312) by Metalhead Melankolis Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: MIXED MEDIA Dimensions: 16 x 26.5 cm Year: 2026 Price: $333.00 USD Status: available The work diligently crafted using a combination of acrylic paint, oil pastel, HVS paper, magazine cutouts, and depressive episode by Metalhead Melankolis. Framed in A4 size. Why collect this work?CONTRAPTION turns the outline of a human profile into a container for incompatible image fragments, testing how readily a face survives the loss of continuous anatomy. The artist profile identifies Metalhead Melankolis as a poet and collage practitioner. It also describes collage as a focusing activity during mental health struggles, an artist-reported intention rather than an effect established by this work.The photograph shows a right-facing silhouette isolated on a pale field. Blue facial passages are interrupted by cameras, vehicles, hands and mouths; their abrupt changes of scale make recognition compete with visual congestion.Catalogue metadata lists magazine cutouts, HVS paper, acrylic paint and oil pastel. This combination makes printed imagery and added colour possible within one composition, although the photograph does not establish which material forms each passage.Dated 2026 and measuring 16 by 26.5 cm, the work provides a compact case study in contemporary portraiture, specifically how reproduced objects can substitute for features while preserving a readable profile. About the ArtistMetalhead Melankolis Metalhead Melankolis is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Mixed Media Collage. Based in Jakarta, ID. Nationality: Indonesian Metalhead Melankolis is a poet who has a strong attachment to the art of collage.
