In 'Intoxicated Rest,' Dora Jeridi shapes a visual landscape teetering between fragmentation and respite. This piece, created with oil, oil stick, and charcoal, captures flashes and fleeting moments, evoking the impossibility of a coherent image. The canvas pulsates with the relentless influence of pervasive thoughts and nightmarish forms, offering only limited reprieve.
As with much of Jeridi's oeuvre, there is a syncopated rhythm in the fervent mark-making. The viewer's gaze is continually diverted from a figure slumped in a chair by a cacophony of colors and dynamic strokes. This interplay of chaotic energy and brief stillness reveals a layered narrative, where the eye's journey mirrors the restless tension within the work.