Louise Giovanelli
Wager, 2020
Oil on canvas, diptych
120 x 160 x 3.5 cm | 47 1/4 x 63 x 1 3/8 in
Louise Giovanelli renders the two shimmering gold blouses cropped tightly together in the frame in a way that the viewer can’t see who wears them, or if they are perhaps...
Louise Giovanelli renders the two shimmering gold blouses cropped tightly together in the frame in a way that the viewer can’t see who wears them, or if they are perhaps merely hanging side by side, unworn. Their fabric reminiscent of gold-sparkling suits worn by gameshow hosts, drapery from TV theatre, as opposed to the imbued dramatic heaviness of a theatre curtain. The close-up perspective of these “figures” invades the viewers’ personal space and gives the work a menacing quality.
Exhibitions
- Louise Giovanelli: A Priori, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL), 27 November 2020 - 9 January 2021- True Colors, AkzoNobel Art Foundation in Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Kunstmuseum, The Hague (NL), 31 May - 29 September 2024