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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Minimalist
"What Might Have Been", Red-Headed Woman and Parrot Oil Painting Portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "What Might Have Been" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser made of oil paint on canvas. This piece measures 36.5"h x 36.5"w framed and is shipped in the pictured framed.
Katherine Fraser has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and of the University of Pennsylvania. As a student she received the Thomas Eakins Painting prize, the Cecelia Beaux Portrait prize, and the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Award, among others. Since graduating in 2002, she has received awards including the Lucy Glick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting by Robert Carroll - 1969 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Robert Carroll is an american artist born in 1934 in Painesville, Ohio. He has been studying Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Arts where he graduated in 1957.
Since the end of 19...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The strategist -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated lower left by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Black and White Cowboy Painting, Portrait Painting, Modern Art-Cowboy Blues
Located in Delaware , OH
Black and White Cowboy Painting, Portrait Painting, Modern Art-Cowboy Blues
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
"Cowboy Blues" is modern portrait art by Addiso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Small Christ 2 - 21st Century, Figurative Art, Blue, Contemporary, Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 2, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait - 1970s - François Chapuis - Pastel - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s. Pastel on paper; on the lower right corner, the artist wrote his initials i...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Atticus - grey, yellow, young male, figurative, portrait, oil, collage on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This collage and mixed media portrait by Dan Hughes captures a moment in the young life of a child. Realistically rendered the figure is framed in warm grey and butter yellow.
Afte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and ev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Karine Bartoli - Street
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jeune Miracle (Miracle)- modern oil on canvas portrait of young girl butterflies
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Jeune Miracle" (Young Miracle) is a unique oil on canvas work by Milan Markovich from 2017. It portrays the face of a young girl with butterflies in h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Pigeon seated on Head of Woman, Acrylic on Canvas, Green, Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashoke Mullick - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas.
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : Ashoke Mullick is considered one of the leading painters from the Bengal School of Art. Mullick combines a sense of satire with contemporary conditions. His paintings focus strongly on the ordinary man and the contradictions he faces.He uses colours like greens and blues to depict a largely urban India.His paintings also includes a strong focus on the ordinary person – more specifically womankind and the contradictions it faces. The artist likes to portray the contemporary age where people have lost the human touch and have become increasingly impersonal in their behaviour.
As a painter, he touches on these facets where customs are not being followed and the link between now and the past is getting hazy. He's carved out a niche for himself with his juxtaposition of real and unreal imagery infusing his canvases with bold, vibrant imagination and certain energy, which is extremely appealing. Mullick has been painting for the last 30 years.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : 1957, Calcutta.
Education :
1981 - Graduated with first class in fine arts
1981-82 - Awarded Cultural Scholarship from the Government of India under Bikash Bhattacharya...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Powdered Wig at Rest
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
Listed price includes $150 additional cost for framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Man in Powdered Wig at Rest](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-man-in-powdered-wig-at-rest-for-sale/a_9323/1605628369606/_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Man_in_Powdered_Wig_at_Rest_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "mike tyson with a wig")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Members of the Winning Team
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Double-sided oil painting on panel
Price includes $200 additional cost of framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Members of the Winning Team](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-members-of-the-winning-team-for-sale/a_9323/1611774781211/Beard_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Two_Members_of_the_Winning_Team_1200_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce beard")
"Transformative Hue", Blue Mixed Media Painting, 2020
Located in Delaware , OH
"Transformative Hue", Blue Mixed Media Painting, 2020
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
"Transformative hue" is a modern painting by Addison Jones. This mixed media painting was created...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Girl On Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020 ( Oil on Canvas)
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eveloped
By Jamel Akib
Located in Battle, East Sussex
Jamel Akib
Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Street Art, Mixed Media Painting, Portrait Art-No New Friends 0220
Located in Delaware , OH
Contemporary Street Art, Mixed Media Painting, Portrait Art-No New Friends 0220
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
""No New Friends"" is a modern portrait painting by Addison Jones. This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
STARE IN PIEDI NELL'OSSERVA TIONE SILENZIOSA (STANDING IN SILENT OBSERVATION)
By David Kassan
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by David Kassan.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lady McNeck lll
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Giraffe dressed up like royalty
Hand Painted
edition of 20
NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting.
contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong
Comes ROLLED in a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Small Christ 5 - Contemporary Art, Figurative, Painting, Divine, Blue, Green
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 5, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl with Fan, Oil Painting
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - )
Title: Girl with Fan
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 37.5 x 50 in. (95.25 x 127 cm)
Frame...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Churchill
By André Monet
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Antonia
Located in Denver, CO
Jennifer Nehrbass is a painter living and working in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born in West Bend, Wisconsin in 1970. She received her B.S. in Art and Textile Design from the U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Age - contemporary oil on canvas portrait of Marilyn Monroe
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Golden Age" is a unique oil on canvas work by Milan Markovich from 2017. It portrays the face of Marilyn Monroe in the artist's special technique and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Whisper
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that are masterfully...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Black and Blue Portrait Painting, Street Art, Portrait Art-Come With Me 0220
Located in Delaware , OH
Black and Blue Portrait Painting, Street Art, Portrait Art-Come With Me 0220
A B O U T T H I S P I E C E :
"Come with me" is modern portrait art b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
"Vibration", 2021, acrylic on canvas
Located in Barbizon, FR
Corine Laine, an artist from Barbizon, studied art at “Atelier de Nicole Gane" and started her carrier in a unique route. Psychologist by profession, her pictorial approach with a la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
BANGS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This black and white figurative painting titled "BANGS" is an original acrylic on canvas painting measuring 60"h x 48"w by Jasjyot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
BANANARAMA - Pop art Painting with Pink Lips and Banana, Blue, Yellow
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
BANANARAMA by Elizabeth Winnel is compositionally similar to work she has created in the past- a set of lips at the center of the painting, mouth open...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Figurative, Mixed Media on Canvas, by Contemporary Artist “In Stock"
By Sukanta Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sukanta Das - Untitled - 12 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Mixed Media on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : Juxtaposing the mundane with the exotic, Das’ work is usua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
A lady - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Warm tones, Monochromatic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait with Flute - 21st Century, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait Painting, Blue
Located in Torino, IT
Music, Flute, child, blue, gray,russian art
IGOR SMEKALOV
1965 He was born in Orenburg, where he lives and works.
1984 He graduated in Art.
1990-1995 He regularly met in Pas...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman flying Kites, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue, Green, Brown "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashoke Mullick - Untitled - 71 x 31.5 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in a roll form.
Style : Ashoke Mullick is considered one of the leading painters...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kia Tupato Mokopuna (Be Vigilant Granddaughter), acrylic on canvas, Maori art
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This painting is about the protectors I envisage for my Mokopuna (Granddaughter) Kimiora. The owl or morepork is a guardian for my family and the owl is depicted by the “Ruru” in a c...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Expressive Grey Portrait 2
Located in Cape Town, ZA
This is a unique, gesturally abstracted oil painting on stretched canvas by South African artist Johan van Vuuren. His portraits are expressive and ev...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Family of Man - 21st Century Contemporary Acrylic Portrait by Dutch Poen de Wijs
By Poen de Wijs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Poen de Wijs died a few years ago after a sickbed. His oeuvre lives on. He achieved international fame
in the second half of the last century in which abstract, experimental painting...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ernest Everett Just, America Martin, portrait- portion of sale to ACLU/NAACP
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
A portion of each sale will be donated to the ACLU + NAACP
JoAnne Artman Gallery proudly introduces America Martin’s new series "I See Heroes Everywhere."
Addressing the theme of h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
The bird behind the curtain -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Telengana Women, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Brown, Blue by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Laxman Aeley
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Laxman Aeley - Untitled - 24 x 24 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas.
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Laxman Aeley's paintings are a reflection...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Embers Stare 1, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with orange hues and black geometric patterni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Man On A Rock, Florence, Italy, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Woman with a white dress - Large Figurative Oil On Canvas By Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine.
Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fox with Pan
By June Glasson
Located in Denver, CO
This is an unframed painting from her "Mountain Drag II" series. June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She live in Laramie, WY. Her paintings have been exhibited at t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Portrait of young girl, oil painting: 'THE VEIL OF MAYA'
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Sight. Vysotsky. 2009, oil on canvas, 80x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Frown / Vysotsky /2009, oil on canvas, 80x80 cm
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stay
By Tina Spratt
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on linen
Linen size: 16 x 24 inches
Framed size: 22 x 30.5 inches
Monogrammed lower left
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Stay Happy, Skull, Day of the Dead, Mixed Media Skull Painting H48 X W36"
By Zeev Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Original Mixed Media Skull Painting on Canvas
Original - Signed
Artwork: Original mixed media work on canvas: acrylic, 3D painting, ink, acrylic gels, texturing mediums, and varnis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic
"Embers Stare 3, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 3" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with red hues and black geometric patterning....
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Embers Stare 2, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stefan Smit's (SA based) "Embers Stare 2" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a eye surrounded with yellow hues and black geometric patterni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Satu Sisi
By Kusbudiyanto
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Small Christ 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Painting, Figurative, Skull
Located in Berlin, DE
Small Christ 4, 2010
Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse)
7 9/10 H × 7 9/10 W in.
20 H × 20 W cm
In the series of works "Small Christ", Alexandru Rădvan questions the human dimensi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Representative", Figurative Oil Painting, Women in Politics, Politicians
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "Representative" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil on canvas. This piece measures 48"h x 60"w.
Rinaldi’s new series was inspired by the feminist debate on how women's appearances are constantly judged, criticized and dissected; often done so with the intent of diminishing their work and contributions. This issue is prevalent in all industries, but especially in the very public and important realm of politics. Throughout mainstream media, Rinaldi found countless examples of coverage depicting what a female politician was wearing and why it was deemed “inappropriate”, rather than discussing their policies.
Typical of Rinaldi’s practice, most of the works found in Representative are not classic portraits, but zoomed in studies of the subject’s legs, shoes and body from the neck down. By doing so, the work focuses on the experiences and outside societal forces that these women, and women like them, have faced. To create the works in Representative, Rinaldi used sourced photographs of female politicians that felt meaningful and powerful to her. Before painting or drawing, Rinaldi manipulates each image through cropping, elongating or changing its composition, background and color. Color is especially important in Representative, as it is an expression that is frequently rejected or criticized in politics by men. Rinaldi uses vibrant jewel tones and color swaps, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s jacket from black to fuchsia, to represent the bold new ideas and diversity these women are bringing to United States politics.
While Rinaldi does not specifically name any of her subjects, viewers will be able to recognize familiar leaders from across both sides of the aisle. Visitors will see snippets of stories through these works, like Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s sparkly boots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Nude, Painting. Mounted on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled Acrylic on Canvas,
Mounted on canvas
One of a kind
36 in. H x 36 in. W inches D 2.
2020
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Juan C. Estrada combines realism and surrealism in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
A Fool
By Adam Mysock
Located in New Orleans, LA
From Jan Matejko’s Stańczyk, 1862
I’ve heard that in centuries past, the jester – or fool – was often one of the only people able to speak truth to power. Because of their inherent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam
n.d.
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas
12 x 9 inches
$3000.00 + framing
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Michael Moonbeam](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-michael-moonbeam-for-sale/a_9323/1616606006709/Sargeant_Michael_Moon_Beam_master.jpg?width=240 "michael sargeant")
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.l.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
Price includes $650 additional cost of framing.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Winter Sport Athletes](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-winter-sport-athletes-for-sale/a_9323/1616513671128/Beard_Sargeant_Winter_Sports_Athletes_master.jpg?width=240 "bruce sargeant paintings")
"Thumbs Up", acrylic painting, portrait, collage, brown, grey, lavender
By John Baker
Located in Natick, MA
John Baker’s “Thumbs Up” is an acrylic painting on canvas with collage, 20 x 16 x 1.5 inches, in greys, lavenders, browns and flesh tones. The upbeat meaning...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Romanced Interrogation", Figurative Oil Painting, Legs, Condoleezza Rice
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "Romanced Interrogation" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil on canvas. This piece measures 60"h x 30"w.
Rinaldi’s new series was inspired by the feminist debate on how women's appearances are constantly judged, criticized and dissected; often done so with the intent of diminishing their work and contributions. This issue is prevalent in all industries, but especially in the very public and important realm of politics. Throughout mainstream media, Rinaldi found countless examples of coverage depicting what a female politician was wearing and why it was deemed “inappropriate”, rather than discussing their policies.
Typical of Rinaldi’s practice, most of the works found in Representative are not classic portraits, but zoomed in studies of the subject’s legs, shoes and body from the neck down. By doing so, the work focuses on the experiences and outside societal forces that these women, and women like them, have faced. To create the works in Representative, Rinaldi used sourced photographs of female politicians that felt meaningful and powerful to her. Before painting or drawing, Rinaldi manipulates each image through cropping, elongating or changing its composition, background and color. Color is especially important in Representative, as it is an expression that is frequently rejected or criticized in politics by men. Rinaldi uses vibrant jewel tones and color swaps, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s jacket from black to fuchsia, to represent the bold new ideas and diversity these women are bringing to United States politics.
While Rinaldi does not specifically name any of her subjects, viewers will be able to recognize familiar leaders from across both sides of the aisle. Visitors will see snippets of stories through these works, like Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s sparkly boots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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