TO LIVE AND DIE IN THE SAME PLACE Print

This piece is part of an ongoing series of smaller oil based-mixed media portraits that generally address human emotion, facial expression" Jessica Echevarria's representative work is comprised of many varied surreal portraits of people. In any work of portraiture, the artist must grapple with the form's namesake: portrayal. There is much to consider in this regard. What can seem to be a small choice in composition can speak volumes about the inner life of the subject represented—even if the subject is a composite of many people in the artist's life and not just one particular individual. Ancient "Faiyum Portraits," with their vibrant colors and distinguished craftsmanship, were also created to commemorate and romanticize individuals after they'd passed on. Echevarria's use of vibrant colors and strong lines echoes this style, but her renderings of individuals breaks with more "traditional" portrayals to get at something more pressing. Her portraits are reminiscent of the work of Cubist Francis Picabia. Specifically, his 1927 "Espagnole et agneau de l'apocalypse" or his 1929 piece "Hera." Echevarria deftly portrays subjects with a variety of affects, ethnicities, and gender representations to create an engaging narrative of selfhood and intersectionality. Hers is not a style of portraiture which caters to normative constructions of reality or identity. Echevarria's work also nods to the cultural tensions of her era. She does not perpetuate idealized forms of the individual, rather she seeks to portray a more candid depiction of the inner life of the individual through many nuanced features.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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