Sweaty in the Fitting Room
Karolina Szwed
Sticky Handshakes
Sweaty in the Fitting Room – Karolina Szwed
2023, oil on canvas
The painting depicts a scene from a fitting room in which a half-bent figure takes on a geometric shape, devoid of roundness. Her body is sweaty, externalising the effort she has put into trying to defy binary representations of gender.