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In 2008 the artist travelled with her husband Franz West to Naples. Due to some health problems West had to stay in hospital for a while. Sirbiladze brought a bunch of canvases to the hospital and painted in the hallway in front of her husband's room. The works she painted there all have vivid contrasts and colors, which, like the erected penis she attributed to her portrait, speak of her self-confidence and strong will to overcome any problem and find a freer way of expression. In its rudimentary form, the face of this self-portrait by Tamuna Sirbiladze reminds one of the faces in an Alexej Jawlensky painting. The outlines of the female breasts, all rendered in simple line, suggests other configurations in the composition of a figure.