Melancholy portrait

Stillness, quiet melancholy and spider-web fragility of the world Laura Makabresku has created in her photographs keep haunting me for weeks now. I discovered her photographs slowly, one by one, an…

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The illustration depicts a sad woman sitting alone, her head bowed and shoulders slumped. The use of dark colors and subtle shading adds to the overall feeling of melancholy and loneliness. The woman's expression is one of deep sadness, with tears glistening in her eyes.

All truly affecting art walks a tightrope, and it’s never clear what will make either artist or viewer lose balance. Plenty of artists conjure with images from the history of art, but none has been so ambitious in their attempt to marry the immediate, over-brimming present with the haunted past. And the fact remains that no other living Australian artist has produced as many images so full of tenderness, silence and longing.—Sebastian Smee

The sad woman in the illustration appears to be looking down with a somber expression on her face. The artist has captured a sense of melancholy in her eyes, perhaps reflecting a deep sadness or emotional turmoil.

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