
En jaune 5,
2021
Anna Camille
Painting : oil
102 x 74 x 3 cm 40.2 x 29.1 x 1.2 inch
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Dimensions cm • inch
102 x 74 x 3 cm 40.2 x 29.1 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: France
This artwork, immediately captivating through its expressive simplicity, presents a partially side-profiled female figure delicately sketched against an intense, textured yellow background. The striking contrast between the dark silhouette and the vibrant backdrop creates a palpable tension, perhaps symbolizing an inner struggle or a quest for identity. The woman, with her vaguely defined features, conveys a sense of deep introspection. Her inclined posture and downward gaze add a layer of reflection and contemplation. The artist’s skillful use of light on the figure's face and shoulders demonstrates a remarkable technical mastery, using shadows to emphasize emotion. The background, a rich and dynamic yellow, seems almost in motion, as if time or emotion were inflaming the scene. The visible texture, seemingly layered, brings the canvas to life, creating a depth that draws the viewer into a universe that is both abstract and personal. This work stands out for its economy of means, where every brushstroke appears calculated to convey a specific emotion. It embodies the perfect fusion of abstraction and portraiture, inviting the audience to ponder the essence of being and the emotional nuances that shape the human experience.
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Galerie Séraphine • France
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Portraits on an orange-yellow background. Expressive faces, full of life, almost moving. The body just sketched, suggested. The painting captures an attitude, a look. It's effective, treated with economy, a concern not to say too much, a desire to stick as close as possible to the moment captured. Anna Camille goes straight to the point: no background, so that the eye is really focused on the face, its expressions and the light that emanates from it.
In fact, the face vibrates. It also raises questions: from a distance, we think we're dealing with charcoal, but up close, we identify the medium actually used by the artist: oil paint, a technique that requires slowness and maturation. This is the paradox of this work: Anna Camille starts with a quick selfie or photo, but chooses a medium that requires her to slowly absorb the expressions she sees and extract their essence.
Portrait or self-portrait, in the end it doesn't matter, the figure is treated with the ambition of showing a "moment", from which we can see a part of human nature, the joy, the bewilderment, the firmness, the tenderness. "Oscar Wilde wrote: "Any portrait that is painted with soul is a portrait not of the model, but of the artist.
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