Annie Gentils Gallery

Technique: Clay, epoxy, acrylic paine, gold leaf, nail polish, hair, brush

Size: 53 x 29 x 30 cm

Authenticity: Work signed by the artist, Certificate provided

Edition: Unique work

Price: € 3.500

Status: for sale

Cleo, 2019

‘Cleo’ is a Pastiche of canons of beauty and art references. The Mayan beauty archetype, the Nefertiti bust, the venus of Milo and even Louise Bourgeois’s “Nature Study” get together in a polychromed piece that is finished with some other references, including gold leaf and some touches of make-up (Nail Polish and fake eyelashes). Cleo is a portrait of the globalized present, she invites the viewer to rethink art history from a broader perspective as well as the canons of beauty and our approach to arts, while at the same time it makes us aware of the irrelevance and ephemeral nature of our systems of beliefs.