{"product_id":"untitled-botan-i-ca","title":"Untitled (botan•i•ca)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed-media textile portrait. Printed on lush velvet and\u003cbr\u003eembellished with red lace and Swarovski crystals, this work functions as a\u003cbr\u003eself-portrait that dissolves the boundaries between body, garment, and\u003cbr\u003eenvironment. The figure is not simply depicted—it is enmeshed, absorbed\u003cbr\u003einto a tactile ecosystem of surface, softness, and adornment.\u003cbr\u003eThe velvet ground holds the image with a depth that feels almost\u003cbr\u003edevotional, while lace and crystal elements are hand-applied, creating a\u003cbr\u003edimensional skin that catches light and shifts with the viewer’s movement.\u003cbr\u003eThese embellishments evoke both intimacy and ceremony—echoing\u003cbr\u003etraditions of dressing, veiling, and ornamentation as acts of care,\u003cbr\u003eprotection, and transformation.\u003cbr\u003eTouch is central to the work. The surface invites closeness, resisting the\u003cbr\u003evisual distance typically imposed by fine art. Instead, it offers a sensory\u003cbr\u003eencounter—one that mirrors the experience of inhabiting a body, of\u003cbr\u003ewearing fabric, of being held by one’s surroundings. The work moves\u003cbr\u003ebeyond image into environment: where softness becomes structure, and\u003cbr\u003eadornment becomes language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44086769713195,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/1817\/6043\/files\/Untitled_botan_i_ca_2.jpg?v=1779209011","url":"https:\/\/scout.artscape.org\/products\/untitled-botan-i-ca","provider":"SCOUT Art Fair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}