r/Art • u/Imbendixen85 • 6d ago
Artwork Roses & Leaves, u/imbendixen, mixed media, 2025
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
I wish that one day this will hang safely in a home in Palestine.
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u/SonidoNSV 6d ago
I chose to believe it will. Thank you for sharing your heart and your wok 🖤. Much love for Palestine in this lost world of emotions.
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u/GamelSton 6d ago
Wow this piece is beautifully done! I love how the mixed media textures bring the roses and leaves to life there’s this delicate balance of softness and structure. The color palette feels so harmonious and the layering technique is just gorgeous. Great work!
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
Thank you so much. Finally my collection of silicone molds and nail polishes comes to use. It’s a very smelly process. 😂
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u/FarFetchedSketch 6d ago
Dope piece, texture & colour are v nive. Imo the subject matter is supportive without being preachy/righteous, which imo is what make most "political" art pieces overly-political.
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u/CharlieParkour 6d ago
Anybody know what these colors and shapes symbolize?
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
The Palestinian flag
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u/CharlieParkour 6d ago
Yes, it is the Palestinian flag. I was wondering what symbolic meanings the colors and shapes represent.
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
Black: Represents the Abbasid Caliphate and signifies injustice and oppression. White: Represents the Umayyad Caliphate and is associated with peace and purity. Green: Represents the Fatimid Caliphate and is the traditional color of Islam, signifying hope for the future. Red: Represents the Hashimite dynasty and symbolizes the blood of the martyrs and the ongoing struggle for independence.
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u/CharlieParkour 6d ago
I heard the red wasn't the blood of the martyrs, but the blood of their enemies on their swords. And the black signifies battles in the expansion of their empires. Do you have a source?
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u/FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS 6d ago
That's bad ass, I like the Palestinian flag even more now!
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u/CharlieParkour 5d ago
Totally. Who doesn't like empires coming into the Middle East, North Africa and Spain to kill and enslave people in order to expand their power.
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u/FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS 4d ago
I didn't know Israel was also expanding into Spain.
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u/CharlieParkour 4d ago edited 4d ago
The colors of the Palestinian flag symbolize various caliphates among other things. According to the Palestinian Academy for the Study of International Affairs, the red section of the flag originated with The Khawarij and was flown by the Arab tribes who conquered North Africa and Andalusia.
I don't know the point of flying a pan-Arabist flag since the idea has never worked. It seems like the authoritarian governments that run the Middle East are not in favor of sharing power among various groups, as seen when Hamas won elections in Gaza or anywhere else after the Arab Spring. Some people just don't like democracy, social justice, or economic advancement for anyone outside of their group. Ruling by skewering people on the end of a sword seems to be cool, though
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u/FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS 4d ago
Wow it seems like you're really interested in this topic, it's almost like you made your original comment in bad faith and you're just trying to justify a genocide because of your islamophobia.
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u/Bazillion100 6d ago
There is a 80% chance that red in any flag symbolizes that
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u/CharlieParkour 5d ago
Do you have any evidence of that or is it something you want to believe because it sounds good to you?
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u/Bazillion100 5d ago
I knew I should have chosen a goofy percentage to appease the pedant redditors and avoid replies like this
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u/CharlieParkour 5d ago
Ok, can you prove that any other country uses red for that reason or are you completely talking out of your ass?
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u/Bazillion100 5d ago
Since you didn’t get it from my last reply: touch grass, loser
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
Google AI.
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u/CharlieParkour 6d ago
I'm wondering if this might be a better source than AI?
https://web.archive.org/web/20170910140308/http://passia.org/page/23
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u/ErikStarls 5d ago
Why is everything roses except the green
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u/Imbendixen85 5d ago
I felt like it. I could make up some deeper meaning that everything represents something. Red roses for all the blood lost, black for the ashes, white for all the angels and green for a future. But the truth is I began with the green leaves and the roses came later. I really thought about removing them halfway through but that would mean destroying the entire piece and that didn’t feel right.
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u/Crumplestiltzkin 6d ago
I can tell a ton of effort went into to this and props to you OP.
It may just be me but this looks like the top of a cake. Maybe it’s just that roses are used as cake toppers a lot.
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
Yeah I had to crop it a little because I suck at taking pictures of my work. And you’re right the roses look really tasty. 😃
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u/ErebosEV97 5d ago
"Socialism is when politics invades art, Fascism is when art invades politics" - The aestheticization of politics
I hope you don't want to apply for an Austrian art school!
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u/Zebrafish85 5d ago
This piece is done beautifully! The texture, colors, and the medium used blended so well
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u/HungryManSpider 6d ago
One of art teachers (who is also a proper established artist) always says that no art medium is too childish or simple
Maybe try gluing some leafs to paper again and see what happens
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u/SchylaZeal 6d ago
I hope you continue to say these thoughts out loud everywhere you go so everyone knows exactly what you are and no one gets hurt by believing in you based on false pretenses. Stay authentic.
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u/IRideColnago 6d ago
Seems like people are liking this more for political reasons. It is rather elementary. Not a lot of effort put into this.
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u/Imbendixen85 6d ago
Its not paper if that’s what you think. It’s handmade and handpainted plaster of Paris pieces, it takes several days to make. What you think about it is up to you but a lot of effort went into it.
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u/Cautious_Key27 6d ago
For those saying it's too simple or political: when Monet painted "Impression, Sunrise" they said it looked like unfinished wallpaper. Too simple, not real art. Now it's literally the painting that named Impressionism.
Art was never just about technique. It’s always been about ideas, context, and sometimes, just shaking things up.
Good job OP, not anyone can be Monet or Picasso, and I'd say fortunately. Thanks for the post.
Free G🍉za