Dysfunctional Family

By PAP Magazine Editorial

Inside a room where plaster peels from moulded cornices, three figures hold separate tensions. The foreground hand, ringed in turquoise resin, rests against a metallic jacquard bodice layered with lace—a tactile clash of gloss and decay. Behind her, a man wears a butter-yellow leather blazer over striped shirting; to the left, another woman's orange tank and electric-blue eyeshadow evoke a faded American suburbia of the 1970s. In a second frame, wood-panelled walls enclose three people who ignore one another: one clutches a newspaper, another sips from a cup, all dressed in emerald pleated silk and navy suiting detailed with brocade. Natural daylight meets tungsten glow, and the colour-blocked silhouettes—vintage cuts meeting contemporary fabrication—chart the cold civility of a family portrait in which every glance avoids contact.