Ida
Combley

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This webpage contains references to sexual assault which may be triggering.

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Ida Combley, Sorry I Was Feeling Selfish, 2021, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Board, 160 x 110cm. Courtesy the artist.

About

The battle between keeping identity and its destruction is tumultuous. Sorry I Was Feeling Selfish displays the artists struggle to retain self after being raped. The painting displays a devastation as well as reconstruction after assault. The painting portrays a battle between hurt and self. It is violently pink, personable to the artists yet is overwhelmed by the words of her rapist. There are moments of innocence which contrast against violence. Moments of softness displace against the aggression of the spray paint. A cute aesthetic develops below the brutalist qualities of the graffiti. Sorry I Was Feeling Selfish is an honest portrayal of the aftermath of sexual assault and the emotional contradictions it creates.

Bio

A Sydney-based painter, Ida Combley has been working with uncomfortable topics through an unconventional aesthetic display. Inspired by pop and street culture as well as bright vivacious colours. Her brash composition provides to be a catalyst to question everyday life and the situations that encumber it.

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