Agrodolce, 2019
Oil on canvas
180 x 120 cm
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A multi layered work, this painting calls to mind the semiologist Umberto Eco: ‘what is this?’ ‘Do you like it?’ What does it mean?’ The intrigue is never ending. Simply...
A multi layered work, this painting calls to mind the semiologist Umberto Eco: ‘what is this?’ ‘Do you like it?’ What does it mean?’ The intrigue is never ending. Simply described, we are confronted by a large foot hovering over several sexualised figures and a flying Cupid.
As if winged love angels, nudes, hands, feet/clouds are not enough, a small, superimposed trompe l’oeil illustration of a framed mirror is pasted in the lower right. Somehow, with compositional dexterity, Francine Scialom Greenblatt skilfully establishes control over potential visual overload.
As the title suggests, a scene of disparate traditions, resonating with saccharine sweetness could be overbearing. With redemptive panache however, the artifice of representation, painterliness and seemingly incomprehensible iconography symphonically synthesise, resisting all syrupy suggestions.
As if winged love angels, nudes, hands, feet/clouds are not enough, a small, superimposed trompe l’oeil illustration of a framed mirror is pasted in the lower right. Somehow, with compositional dexterity, Francine Scialom Greenblatt skilfully establishes control over potential visual overload.
As the title suggests, a scene of disparate traditions, resonating with saccharine sweetness could be overbearing. With redemptive panache however, the artifice of representation, painterliness and seemingly incomprehensible iconography symphonically synthesise, resisting all syrupy suggestions.