Annie

Mariana Ignataki's painting "Annie," which is part of a broader body of work with references to Chinese philosophy and tradition, as well as to bearded ladies and human hair, explores issues of gender, identity, diversity, and exclusion. However, it also deals with concepts such as "beautiful" and "grotesque," which consistently occupy her work. The forms depicted are dominant and authoritative and do not constitute the subject of any urban myth or anthropological curiosity but are part of a broader context where "difference" is a new reality.