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Gigi MillsThe Composer2021
2021
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Giclée print on archival paper (Edition 3/20)
Reductive, abstract figure against a pink and navy interior.
Gigi Mills work is born out of her need and desire to simplify and/or reduce each moment to its absolute essential, by removing details from life that tend to obscure what is truly being experienced. It is also her desire to bare witness to, and often to lift up in beauty what is so often considered unwanted or held in despair.
Ms. Mills was born in Ohio into the well known Mills Brothers Circus family.
Both performing and the plastic arts were admired and encouraged. Early on ballet and modern dance took up much of her focus and formal education. It was not until many years later she began teaching herself to paint. Though she is influenced by several of the early and mid twentieth century painters she has developed a style distinctly her own.
- Creator:Gigi Mills (1960, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU156629283172
Gigi Mills
Santa Fe artist GiGi Mills abstracts space and forms to merely reference the physical world. Her beaches, seasides and interiors are placed in an impossible mixture of points of view, resulting in truly imaginary spaces. An attention to flat geometric shapes, a rarity of detail, and a tendency to define her figures as silhouettes lends anonymity to her subjects. Mills deconstructs the everyday, then surprise by uniting layers of rich oils to capture ethereal images that are both intensely personal and timeless. The profound effects of nature seem to pray on the artist’s mind. Her images evoke thoughts of endurance and resurgence while also asserting the equally meaningful significance of the ordinary. The reduction of forms to a simplified elegance is essential to her paintings. A successful piece should have the psychological and aesthetic weight to hold the viewer, to entice them to keep coming back to it. Whether she is working on a figure, a landscape, an abstract piece or still life it should attract the viewer with an interest that lies beyond its initial aesthetic impact. Presented in Mills’ painting is a balancing act of grace, awkwardness and elegance. It seems that within this work the extraordinary everyday is enlisted to play its role to the fullest.
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