Tag: Portraiture
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Baroque-style Painter Nieves González distorts trappings of traditional portraiture to exalt modern-day women – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I BELIEVE MY WORK COMES FROM THAT COMBINATION: A CLASSICAL FOUNDATION AND A CONTEMPORARY SENSIBILITY FORMED THROUGH WHAT I READ, LISTEN TO, AND EXPERIENCE …” Over the years, González has excelled at upfront compositions: centrally posed women that confront viewers with subtle gazes, rendered in soft tones save for their flashy accoutrements. And from this read more
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Szilveszter Makó's Surreal Photographs Reconstruct the Boundaries of Portraiture
Szilveszter Makó’s enigmatic photographs carry layers of mystery and introspection. Standing inside curious block-like backdrops and lain against two-dimensional fields of color and texture, his subjects seamlessly meld into stories in which every detail carries intention. Taking inspiration from art history, the Milan-based artist references Surrealism and grotesque art through his use of chiaroscuro effects read more
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Amoako Boafo Weaves His Portraiture into an Architectural Replica of His Accra Studio
The expression “wherever you go, there you are” is often wielded to describe futile attempts to escape hangups, anxieties, and a variety of unwanted emotions. Although this truism is typically offered as a negative, it can also be read as a positive that provides comfort and stability amid new environments. In I Bring Home with read more
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The Language of Flowers Meets Queer Desire in Kris Knight's Tender Portraiture
In late 19th-century London, the famed writer and ostentatious dandy Oscar Wilde initiated a trend that, as trends often do, flourished into a life of its own. Wilde wore a green carnation—the typically pink petals were dyed with arsenic—to the theater, prompting questions about what the oddly colored boutonniere symbolized. This was the height of read more
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