Malik Irtiza, Anxiety

2019. Sculptural Installation, Mixed Media, 25.4 x 26 x 20 cm

Materials: papier-mâché , paint strips, nails, thread spool and thread.
The project was done in collaboration with Papier Mache artist Hafizullah Pandith

From the Artist:

The artwork aims to visualize the experience of High-functioning anxiety disorder. As much as it is invisible for the eyes of others, anxiety is physically draining for the person experiencing it. Anxiety is a furious response to the conceit that mental illness simply exists in one’s own mind, incapable of impacting visible wounds, and, moreover, not critical or dangerous enough to garner concern.