Cocktail party, 2023

by Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

Painting : acrylic 89 x 116 x 0.6 cm 35 x 45.7 x 0.2 inch

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Unique work

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Hand-signed by artist

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Medium

Painting: acrylic

Dimensions cm inch

89 x 116 x 0.6 cm 35 x 45.7 x 0.2 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Artwork location: France

This semi-abstract painting is a striking work that skillfully fuses abstraction and realism to offer the viewer a world of emotions and potential narratives. It is distinguished above all by the judicious use of metallic paint, which creates lively colors of astonishing luminosity. Iridescent highlights catch the light in a mesmerizing way, helping to create palpable movement and dynamism.
The group of characters, although lacking distinctive facial features, convey a range of emotions and personalities through their postures, gestures and interactions. The artist invites the viewer to imagine and create their own stories for these characters, providing a blank canvas for projection and artistic co-creation. The absence of faces is an invitation to subjectivity, empathy and narrative exploration.
The atmosphere that emanates from the canvas is light and relaxed, evoking a meeting animated by joyful conviviality. The woman dressed in white and the man in blue stand out for their presence and attitude, evoking a central couple who dominate the scene. Their vibrant clothing speaks volumes about their personality and their role in the evening. They could be the hosts of the meeting, the guests of honor, or simply a loving couple enjoying the moment. This duality of interpretation is a source of fascination for the viewer.
However, the table does not require a single reading. Rather, it provides a backdrop for our personal reflections and speculations. It gives us the freedom to decide who these characters are, what the nature of their gathering is, and what stories unfold through their interactions. This freedom of perception is a sign of a profound and engaging work of art.
It is important to note that semi-abstract painting is often seen as enigmatic, but that is not the case here. The artist manages to maintain a delicate balance between abstraction and representation, offering visual cues clear enough for the viewer to feel grounded in the scene. This duality is a source of enrichment, because it encourages reflection while avoiding confusion.
Ultimately, this painting is a celebration of spontaneity, the diversity of human experiences, and the beauty that lies in our ability to create narratives from fragments of information. The artist offers a framework, a starting point, but it is the viewer who brings this work to life by letting their imagination wander.
In conclusion, this semi-abstract work is an invitation to exploration, contemplation and creation. She embodies joy, conviviality and freedom of interpretation, while captivating the viewer with her masterful use of metallic paint, light and color. A painting that encourages everyone to become an artist in turn, to paint their own story based on the subtle clues offered by the artist.
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Professional art gallery • France

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Alexandre Moore Rockefeller, Cocktail party
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

Alexandre Moore Rockefeller

France  • 1988

Alexandre Moore Rockefeller was born in Paris in 1988 into a family of industrialists. He discovered painting by enrolling in art classes. There he forged his technique and developed a passion for the history of art.

He will choose to study the nude in particular. The flesh being for him the last place of personal power. His work is inspired by artists who have sublimated the ideal beauty of the body: Titian (notably with "The Venus of Urbino"), Vélasquez, Goya, Monet, Matisse, Modigliani, Tom Wesselmann.

He will seek, all his life, to leave his mark on the present by relying on a precise knowledge of the past; his aesthetics, his approach. The form must be as refined as possible on a monochrome background. Only the reflection of the light by the metallic color materializes the space and the silhouette. The human body is transformed by the use of paint and iridescent colors, drawing inspiration from collage and sculpture.

Drawing and color cannot be dissociated. Each line, each curve, each flat color contributes to the creation of a form. The latter is sublimated by the interaction and association of colors.

Its palette, made up of metallic colors, evolves in different ways generating strength and energy, thus creating its signature.

“My goal is not to represent an ideal and stereotyped body because I recognize the diversity of bodies. I am only interested in the manifestations of life and their forms, which I transcend through elements of the body, through a sculpted silhouette and abstract nudity.

They are odes to femininity, to the autonomous, authentic and free woman. I work instinctively, on feeling, on vibration, like a head-to-head fusion with the living.

Each line corresponds to an idea. The body, its plasticity, its sensuality, seems to occupy the entire canvas. The proportions depend on the size of the canvas. Construction happens naturally.

I shape the human body with knife strokes, with bursts of color simulating the metamorphosis into bursts of life. From this energy is born a sensation in the moment. The graphics, the intensity of each touch and the materials harmonize and articulate in a unique abstract figure. Thus I hope to achieve an aesthetic transposition of my reality. » AM Rockefeller (February 2014)


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