Documentation of the creation process of an artwork by Anastasia Sigidina—a student at Tokyo University of the Arts, oil painting department.
The work was exhibited at the Tokyo University of the Arts cultural festival in September 2026.
Project description from the project creator:
自身のヌードを描くことにおいて、自分の身体をどれほど作品に残すことができるかを考え、環境の変化と共に変化する自分が毎回行う「脱皮」を具現化させた。
私は赤を混ぜた油を浴び、死者となった。母はその死体をリネンに包み、私を嘆いた。そして、友人の濱口アナスタシアは喪主となり、全てのプロセスを写真に残した。
この油は私の肌であり、このキャンバス布は私の聖骸布である。
Using my own body as a motif, I materialized the "Ecdysis" I go through each time there is a radical change in my life, to answer the question of how much of your own body you can leave in a painting.
I became the corpse, covering myself in red oil to prepare for the burial. My mother became the mourner, making sure the cloth is covering me properly, and my talented friend Anastasiya Hamaguchi became the funeral celebrant, photographing the whole process.
This oil is my skin, and this canvas is my Shroud.
