Asha Zero
Asha Zero is a pseudonym, intended to draw attention to identity as a shifting, unstable concept, while deflecting attention from the so-called person behind the name. In keeping with this notion, Zero's work deals with issues of fragmented identity in contemporary society, distressed and atomized by information overload virtual and authentic, false and true.
Exploiting the disrupted, often politically inclined visual language of collage, Zero transposes abrasions and fractures into obsessively painted surfaces. Torn, scarred and disjointed images remain figurative, suggesting a desperate, contradictory impulse towards collapse and wholeness at the same time.
Asha Zero's work has been linked to Trompe-l'oeil, a painting style that employs illusion to deceive the eye into believing it actually is what it depicts, thereby effecting a moment of wonder when the viewer discovers the deception.
Exploiting the disrupted, often politically inclined visual language of collage, Zero transposes abrasions and fractures into obsessively painted surfaces. Torn, scarred and disjointed images remain figurative, suggesting a desperate, contradictory impulse towards collapse and wholeness at the same time.
Asha Zero's work has been linked to Trompe-l'oeil, a painting style that employs illusion to deceive the eye into believing it actually is what it depicts, thereby effecting a moment of wonder when the viewer discovers the deception.
