About this artwork

Oil on newspaper, texture, mixed media? | 60 × 60 cm? | 2026

Dangerous is a contemporary mixed-media painting exploring desire as a boundary — a space where attraction, power, and risk converge. Rendered in oil on layered newspaper, the work draws on visual language borrowed from warning signs, industrial markings, and mass communication.
The silhouetted figure appears both iconic and untouchable, framed by fragments of cautionary symbols and disrupted text. The phrase “Danger — Do Not Touch” functions as both instruction and provocation, reinforcing the tension between temptation and prohibition. Desire here is constructed not as softness, but as controlled intensity — something that demands attention while resisting access.
The newspaper surface acts as a metaphor for public exposure and media-driven narratives, while the physicality of oil paint introduces permanence and weight. The contrast between fragility and force reflects the psychological charge of desire: it attracts, unsettles, and destabilizes.
Dangerous is part of an ongoing body of work examining contemporary icons and symbols as modern myths — shaped by media, consumption, and collective projection. The work is conceived as a statement piece, suitable for gallery and art fair presentation.