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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 14 W x 14 H x 0.7 D in
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Original oil painting , portrait inspired from Virna Lisi’s iconic Cover of Esquire magazine in 1965. Title :” Tough spot”. The story: “ Throughout much of the 1960s and early 1970s, designer George Lois created some of the most memorable covers in Esquire magazine’s history. Like this one from 1965. “The ad guys hated it,” Lois says. “It was too edgy. They were worried about losing clients.” The idea came as soon as Lois heard the concept of an article editor Harold Hayes had commissioned: “The Masculinization of the American Woman.” (It’s unreadable. Don’t.) “I wanted to capture a woman being manly and still beautiful,” he says. “It was a spoof of the whole idea of a glamorous Hollywood.” All he needed was a woman willing to do it. Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield declined. Kim Novak’s publicist hung up on him. And then Lois found Virna Lisi, an Italian actress who was in town filming Assault on a Queen with Frank Sinatra and who thought the idea was terrific. So terrific that she wanted to be shot right away. That afternoon, they did. Before she could change her mind.”
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:14 W x 14 H x 0.7 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Salma creates paintings that dive into the dazzling iconic vision of the female form from past decades and pre-internet era ,yet relatable to women today in a way that merges the past with the present through presentation and colors. Inspired by vintage magazines , images found in flea markets, yard sales, and on the internet of alluring characters from a lifetime ago. Nostalgic elements presented in short-lived moments of figures in stillness , reverie or enjoying a moment of leisure ,create a connection with the viewers who may feel that they know these women, or perhaps, see themselves in the paintings.The backgrounds in most works are faded out or replaced with vivid colors giving no exact evidence of time or place and thus adding more mystery and room for interpretation.
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