F4 1 (2025)

This artwork by Nattaleya Paidan condenses complex human emotions and social relationships into a surreal and grotesque image characterized by intense psychological depth. The composition features a tangled, surreal arrangement of four main facial figures, whose expressions are intensely distorted, suggesting pain, greed, or silenced emotions. A restrained yet unsettling palette of gray, brown, and beige dominates the canvas. A distinctive element is the presence of small fish placed in the mouths, on the hands, and around the faces of the figures. The fish, often symbolizing sacrifice or silence, suggests that the figures’ emotions are being expressed in a primitive or repressed manner rather than through speech or logic. One figure appears to be screaming with an open mouth, while another seems to be covering their ears or mouth. Through this chaotic and dense image, Nattaleya Paidan offers profound psychological insight into the lack of communication, the agony of interaction, and the suppressed desires that manifest within human relationships.