Publisher: Galerie Nathalie Obadia.
Dimensions: 308 x 227 cm
pages: 116
€25.00
Text by Marc Donnadieu, Julie Crenn
French / English
It's a veritable gallery of individuals whose gaze unsettles and fascinates us with its depth.
At first glance, Sophie Kuijken paints portraits. But these representations are anything but harmless. The artist constructs her works by collecting images gleaned from the internet. She uses photographs of people who inspire her and, by multiplying identities, creates singular personalities.
The ambiguity of her images is accompanied by a great concern for precision, revealed in the fold of a garment, the choice of a colour or the mastery of the interplay of light and shadow.
At first glance, Sophie Kuijken paints portraits. But these representations are anything but harmless. The artist constructs her works by collecting images gleaned from the internet. She uses photographs of people who inspire her and, by multiplying identities, creates singular personalities.
The ambiguity of her images is accompanied by a great concern for precision, revealed in the fold of a garment, the choice of a colour or the mastery of the interplay of light and shadow.
