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Tub

paint

paint

Tub

Tub

Tub

Materials

Materials

Oil paint on canvas, human hair

Oil paint on canvas, human hair

Dimensions

Dimensions

24 × 36 in

24 × 36 in

Date

Date

2023

2023

About the work

About the work

TUB reflects a period of emotional and physical exhaustion, when everyday life began to feel like a repetitive cycle with little room for anything beyond responsibility. Created around the concept of a map, the painting draws from my daily routine of balancing school, work, and personal obligations, with the shower becoming the one place where I could find a moment of stillness. As the stress of this period accumulated, I began collecting the hair that gathered in the drain, eventually incorporating it directly into the painting. The bathtub’s grid-like surface began to resemble a map, while the strands of hair formed a path through it. Together, they trace a personal landscape of routine, stress, and the gradual loss of time, identity, and connection to myself.

Artist & multidisciplinary designer

Artist & multidisciplinary designer

New York, NY

© 2026–2027 Tania Madhalam