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Gavin RainGavin Rain "Norma Jean"2025
2025
$16,000
£12,179.52
€14,039.95
CA$22,785.95
A$24,852.03
CHF 13,066.18
MX$300,627.65
NOK 163,049.66
SEK 154,066.43
DKK 104,818.76
About the Item
Artist: Rain, Gavin
Title: Norma Jean
Series: Marilyn Series
Date: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 39.5" x 39.5"
Signature: Initialed bottom right
Edition: Unique
Gavin Rain is a contemporary South African artist, working primarily in acrylic, best known for his Neo-Pointillist style paintings. He uses the Pointilist technique to depict portraits of celebrities such as Beyoncé and Marilyn Monroe. “Each dot usually comprises five or so colors. When seen from a distance these colors become one and the image resolves,” he has explained of his technique. Born on March 23, 1971 in Cape Town, South Africa, Rain studied art at the University of Cape Town. Rain arrived at his hallmark style around 2004, which he developed out of an interest in Georges Seurat and 20th-century Russian avant-garde painters. In 2011, Rain participated in the 54th Venice Biennale with a painting shown in Costa Rica’s pavilion. The artist currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Creator:Gavin Rain (1971, South African)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Width: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Boston, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU23717020912
Gavin Rain
Gavin Rain studied Art and Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town. Influenced by Seurat, the 20th century Russian avant-garde, art and a number of architects, he started exploring and developing his own neo-pointillism technique around 2003–04.
Rain's style arises from the need to present a new perspective where the purpose is to compel the viewer to recognize the narrative that is hidden from sight, the one that is discovered only when going back from the painting. The artist compares his work with our lives. Up close things are interesting, with a lot of texture and noise, and not very clear. But, taking a step back, we see the influence that people and things have in our lives, and how it is built of every individual dot.
Through his art, Rain seeks to expand the visual and cognitive horizons of people.
Rain has participated in various fairs, mainly in Europe and the United States as well as both individual and collective exhibitions around the world. His participation in the Venice Biennale in 2011 and 2013 stands out in particular, for it got a lot of attention.
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