Louise Giovanelli
Cameo, 2020
Oil on canvas
30.5 x 21 cm | 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in
The small scale portraits titled 'Cameo' are drawn from films stills and show an actor fixed in a heightened state of emotion. Through the medium of paint the image has...
The small scale portraits titled "Cameo" are drawn from films stills and show an actor fixed in a heightened state of emotion. Through the medium of paint the image has become additionally charged: The ecstatic state of this woman is at once erotic, violent, and blissful, indicating the limits of human emotion. Each reproduction prompts questions and speculation about the nature of observation, and the role of viewer as the interpreter of meaning.