2024 acrylic on canvas 61 x 90cm Talkers is a piece based on the artist’s understanding of communication and connection between people. Using the word “beautiful” as inspiration, Grace Naveikata reflected on the real beauty in the simplicity of connection and conversation through the medium of painting. When creating this piece, the artist wanted to ensure that the two heads depicted would lack identity to express to audiences that communication and connection between any two people regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or age can be beautiful. The black and white lines intersecting in the background provides a serious contrast between the heads, symbolising the pathways in which communication is founded between intersecting communities. The harsh red lines highlight the heads from the background drawing attention to them and making them both the focal point of the artwork. The floral designs surrounding them, symbolises the beauty in their connection.
