“I do figurative paintings with an abstract painter’s language: the foundation of my work is geometric shapes,” she said in an interview for Consortium Museum. “From a strictly formal point of view, I acknowledge cubism as a source. I’m obviously not alone in admiring Picasso. His models, wives or mistresses, were also influenced by the desire he had for them.”

“For my part, I try to paint models as objects without the libidinous aspect. I try to make the figures come true but without the pathos. Matter, however, is vibrant: it embraces its own repentance, sometimes its thickened impasto. The painterly substance is what drives emotion,” the artist continued.

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“I do figurative paintings with an abstract painter’s language: the foundation of my work is geometric shapes,” she said in an interview for Consortium Museum. “From a strictly formal point of view, I acknowledge cubism as a source. I’m obviously not alone in admiring Picasso. His models, wives or mistresses, were also influenced by the desire he had for them.”

“For my part, I try to paint models as objects without the libidinous aspect. I try to make the figures come true but without the pathos. Matter, however, is vibrant: it embraces its own repentance, sometimes its thickened impasto. The painterly substance is what drives emotion,” the artist continued.

See her work below.

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