Indira Cesarine "Les Mains Blanches", "Les Mains d'Argents"

Indira Cesarine "Les Mains Blanches", "Les Mains d'Argents" 2020
The Labyrinth Series

Pair of 2 resin hand sculptures hand made by artist in white or silver. Includes screw mount inside hand for mounting to wall as well as 2 fabric flowers. 
Dimensions of each hand sculpture approx 4in x 4in x 6in with flowers variable approximately 12in x 3in x 3in.
Each set of hands is unique. Four sets are available in white, one in silver. 
Signed on base of hands, includes certificate of authenticity.

Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. A graduate of Columbia University with a triple major in Art History, French, and Women’s Studies, she additionally studied at Parson’s School of Design, ICP, SVA, The New York Film Academy, and The New York Academy of Art. Cesarine had her first solo show at the age of sixteen at Paul Mellon Arts Center. She began working as a photographer from the age of seventeen, shooting for top modeling agencies Elite, Ford, and IMG while she completed her degree. Upon graduation from university, she continued her career in London where she received photography commissions by Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, and many other international titles while still in her early twenties. Her work as an artist has been featured internationally at many art galleries, museums, and art fairs, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson Valley MOCA, The Watermill Center, Mattatuck Museum, Albany Institute, The National Museum of Women In The Arts, CICA Museum, Smack Mellon, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, French Embassy Cultural Center, Art Basel Miami, SCOPE Art Fair, Cannes Film Festival, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show to name a few.

In 2014, her public art sculpture, "The Egg of Light," was exhibited at Rockefeller Center as part of the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt. Cesarine’s work has been auctioned in a number of celebrated art benefits including at Sotheby’s New York, ARTWALK NY supporting the Coalition for the Homeless, Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and UPRISE supporting the ERA Coalition, among many others. Her artwork and exhibitions have been featured internationally in numerous publications including The New York Times, American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Dazed, New York Magazine, and The Huffington Post. Empowering feminist themes are often a point of departure for her artwork, which is influenced by autobiographical content, her Latinx heritage, and women’s history. Aside from her work as an artist, she is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Untitled Magazine, founder of Art4Equality, an initiative supporting equality in the arts, as well as founder of The Untitled Space art gallery. Cesarine explores her creative vision as an artist vis-à-vis traditional and new mediums, and finds strength in examining new ideas in contemporary culture. She currently lives and works in Tribeca, NY.

Artist Statement:

"My latest series of oil on canvas paintings, “Metamorphosis (Bloom Within),” is both a visual and personal exploration of transformation—a surreal awakening through paint, light, and emotion. The imagery speaks to cycles of loss and renewal, fragility and strength—reflecting not only universal themes of feminine identity but also my own journey of rediscovery.
The series emerged after several years of distance from painting. Following a period marked by personal loss, I found it difficult to return to the intimacy of the canvas. “Metamorphosis (Bloom Within)” marks the moment I found the courage to return. The series began with layering portraits I had photographed many years ago with blooming flowers. Something about that union between the human and the botanical sparked a shift. It felt like looking at my own face through the lens of transformation. I painted a number of studies, each with different color palettes, while exploring the concept. Each canvas became a mirror, and each layer of paint, a step closer to reconnecting with that part of me I had lost.
The motif of the flower has long been central to my practice, appearing in works such as “LABYRINTH” and “Lumière,” as well as in my body-painting and sculptural installations. Here, it is reimagined through a surreal and symbolic lens. I’ve always been drawn to the visual and symbolic language of flowers. “Metamorphosis (Bloom Within)” extends my exploration of surreal feminine archetypes, uniting symbolism with emotion.
The woman’s face becomes both landscape and language—a terrain where identity, memory, and desire converge. The blooms forming around the face are symbolically dissolving the boundaries between body and world, self and other, nature and artifice. This visual language draws from surrealist traditions while asserting a feminist perspective: one that presents womanhood not as an object of beauty, but as a dynamic, evolving force.
In creating this work, I realized the metamorphosis was not only visual—it was mine. “Metamorphosis (Bloom Within)” is a meditation on renewal. It is about rediscovering not only the medium of painting but the capacity to feel vulnerability through creation. In a time when much of my practice engages with collective narratives of feminism, social justice, and the politics of representation, this series is deeply personal. It is a reminder that transformation begins inward, and that the act of creating can be a healing force." - Indira Cesarine

Read more about her artwork and exhibitions on our website.