Written by: Muhammad Hamza
Posted on: April 22, 2025 | 
Lady Parts 1 (Detail)
So there’s no barrier to a language that is visual, it comes with its own format. Scheherazade Junejo brought Numaishgah, a collection drawn from her three-year-long journey with these artworks, a parade of hearts and uncensored graphic female figures, painted and drawn in a delicate miniature style. Provocative and thought-provoking, the series challenges prudish conceptions by being blunt about love, framing it as a sensual, soulful connection to one's soulmate.
Junejo has long been practicing this art, with her trend-worthy, heartfelt creations, forming an alluring expression of emotion through the nudity of the human body. Her surrealistic approach to the figurative form explores the explicit features that run throughout the female body.
The impact of such imagery is powerful, it offers a visual language that society can adopt, fostering the telling of more stories through what becomes a kind of physical poetry. The formations and poses are a delicate unraveling of emotions, textures coursing through the flesh of the human body.<>
A mosaic of a torso that highlights the essence of anatomy, the curves and grooves of each crevice lingering at different angles. The flesh morphs with each bulge, creating a new texture every time the torso stretches or contracts. The mosaic screams of repetition in life’s events, where the subject faces a mystical mental state with barely any shift in their surroundings, just as the curves of the torso subtly shift.
Baighairat Brigade (Detail)
It is a compendium of many of her artworks and recurring elements, brought together on this singular canvas. Here, Scheherazade amplifies the story of her journey, each element speaking on its own, narrating a tale of knowing too much about a soul one has communed with. Every detail becomes a mirrored reflection of the self.
Eye Candy 2 (Detail)
Carcasses play a vital role in this dystopian tale of futuristic fantasy. Plated in gold or silver, they reek of an apocalyptic existence: bare, stranded, adorned only with balloons, which act as makeshift expressions of connection, hiding scars yet flaunting them simultaneously.
The fleeting thought of using nudity as a form of art stems from a deeper expression of reality. It is born from the urge for self-portrayal through someone else’s lived experience. Junejo’s realism is inherently surreal. Her work evokes not just observation but engagement, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in a sense of self.
Hearts barge into nearly every piece, sometimes as a singular dominant form and sometimes as a mosaic of anatomical suggestion. They create a cloud of consciousness for the viewer, a trail to follow in mapping the image of a certain body part.
A Case of Exploding Hearts
In Lady Parts, the figure is static and confrontational, torso and limbs exposed, the waistline unusually slender. There’s a prudish restraint maintained throughout. Shadows render the flesh, vivid yet fleeting, as explicit parts are obscured by hearts. These symbols allow the viewer to decode the connection between two artists collaborating in visual language.
The carcass again becomes a metaphor, expressing an apocalyptic rawness, where bone structure and nudity are simultaneously defined and deconstructed.
Silhouettes showcase body figures against a background mosaic of hearts. Junejo believes in the power of love between soulmates, and how they evolve over time. The drapery strikes a perfect balance, covering and revealing the body’s curves in a provocative yet tender way. The intent is simple: to evoke eroticism through the physical beauty of form, painted in fine detail.
This piece echoes similar qualities of silhouette and balloon, engaging with the character and symbolism of the body.
Picture Perfect (Detail)
The essence of the entire series converges in this short visual, achromatic and dramatic, drawing the viewer’s attention to the explicit curves of the torso. The goal is to question the female body’s depiction, invoking disgust, morbid curiosity and desire all at once.
Vahiyat 1 (Detail)
Throughout this series, Junejo expresses a deep connection with her soulmate, reflecting on their relationship in a disturbingly beautiful expression of desire, awareness and love. It is self-expression through another’s eyes, a shared portrait of love and vulnerability.
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