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Painting, Gouache on Paper
Size: 8 W x 8 H x 0.8 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
I was brainstorming different ways to approach this project and it was exciting and a bit brain bending at first. I was focused on trying to interpret Van Gogh in a contemporary context. What I love about his work is his intensity and his ability to convey beauty and pain. Everything is always turned all the way up and that radiates out from his canvases. It made me think about a quote from a Nicholas Hornby book where he talks about how you can just hear the pain in Nick Drake’s voice when he sings. So I started coming up with a musical muse for each self portrait. Sometimes including lyrics, references to cover art, I wanted it to be a bit of a game for the viewer to figure out who each piece is referencing. This painting is based on Joy Divisions Love will tear us apart. Ian Curtis is one of the first musicians I connected with Van Gogh, I wanted to create a battle worn image to depict the lyric.
Original Created:
2021
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Painting:
Gouache on Paper
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
8 W x 8 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:
Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
Packaging:
Ships in a Box
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Christy Powers
United States
Christy Powers was born and raised in New York. She received a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and then went on to earn an MA with distinction from the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales in 2007. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at the Bronx Museum, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Queen Victoria Museum, Giacobetti Paul Gallery, White Box, GPG Auvergne, Brick Lane Gallery, Madarts Gallery , Here Art, A*Space, Kudos Gallery, and COFAspace. She has participated in residencies at ILIRI in the Australian Outback as well as the AIM program at the Bronx Museum.
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