Ink, gesso, synthetic tempera, chalk, oil pastel, and oil on canvas: 200 x 329.9 cm(!). Lisa Brice (2018): “As a figurative painter it is significant that historical figuration seems invariably created by white men for an audience of predominantly white men. Sometimes the simple act of repainting an image of a woman previously painted by a man – re-authoring the work as by a woman – can be a potent shift in itself. Inserting props such as cigarettes or bottles of alcohol (as seen in Edouard Manet and Félix Vallotton’s paintings), or using strong colour to tweak the slant of eyes or mouth can further transform the figures from objectified to quietly self-possessed, matter-of-fact or provocative subjects”.
Visit > Lisa Brice at: Stephen Friedman Gallery, Salon 94.
More > Lisa Brice at Wikipedia.
