Anastasia Bay

Anastasia Bay

BornNationalityBased In
1988FrenchBrussels
Biography

Anastasia Bay’s paintings present scenes borrowed from theater, opera or the carnivalesque scenes of Ensor or Brueghel the Elder. Her characters embody the irony of overturning society's established roles and norms at these moments of popular gathering. Bay’s work is all about contrast and balance in a very cathartic way. The choice of a precise fragment of reality in her works dissolves any narration. The mysterious, sometimes disturbing characters are caught in vibrant movements, blurring the lines of their barely sketched bodies and faces. There is a search for simplicity in her gesture, seeking for the essence of the being she is depicting. She shares with Philip Guston or Gérard Gasiorowski a bluntness in the works and the ability to express very vivid emotions through a very simple and assertive line. ...

Selected Artworks
Cariatide Réclamant son Eau
Anastasia Bay
Cariatide Réclamant son Eau, 2022
100 x 90cm
Dimanche
Anastasia Bay
Dimanche, 2022
50 x 40cm
Pleurant n°1
Anastasia Bay
Pleurant n°1, 2022
100 x 90cm
Le Bol de Watari (il vous fait passer dans l’autre monde)
Anastasia Bay
Le Bol de Watari (il vous fait passer dans l’autre monde), 2022
265 x 200cm
Le Songe
Anastasia Bay
Le Songe, 2022
180 x 160cm
Les Filles en Ruine en Deux
Anastasia Bay
Les Filles en Ruine en Deux, 2022
180 x 220cm
Maestra Lacrymae (L’Enlevement d’Arlequin)
Anastasia Bay
Maestra Lacrymae (L’Enlevement d’Arlequin), 2024
90 x 100cm
Soprano
Gallery Representation
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