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Lidia Masllorens
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“I paint portraits because I am obsessed with the beauty of close-up human faces. I have always spent hours watching faces from behind a camera with a good zoom, and I guess that is why, in my art, I have a gaze, a composition and a format that may look like a photogram. I have adapted a traditional way to work -with resources such as chiaroscuro and watercolour -, towards a contemporary and current result. I use simple materials: paper, water and black paint. Nothing else is needed, the minimum to express the maximum. The synthesis is another obsession I have, and probably, that is why I move through a fine line where nothing is spare or missing: less is more. My references are contemporary artists who work the human figure in an expressionist and synthetic way: Miquel Barceló, William Kentridge, Marlene Dumas… In all of them I see different ways to find the essential. I am also inspired by theatre, cinema, and photography: these disciplines are the best sources to explore all the landscapes that you can find in a human face. We are made of emotion and the best way to work it is through emotion. I work to find the ideal portrait: that one with no spare or missing brushstrokes to express the essence of what we are.”   Lídia Masllorens January, 2017 4800
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    Lidia Masllorens (1967, Spanish)
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    Height: 59.06 in (150 cm)Width: 59.06 in (150 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2506213391292
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