Gina Beavers

Gina Beavers

BornNationalityBased In
1974AmericanNewark
Biography

Gina Beavers paints images mined from social media, replicating this material in thick marbled acrylic on linen. Using her disarmingly photorealistic painterly style, she replicates mouth-watering foodporn, images of sweaty bodybuilders or stills from makeup tutorials. Often comically blurring these visual pools, a woman’s body may be cut into as a slice of cake, or tutorial stills are repeated ad infinitum. Drooping globules of ketchup trickle down the canvas, painted lips look wet to the touch and beads of sweat glisten in these glossy, three-dimensional paintings. With an eye for sensuality, gluttony and pleasure, Beaver’s paintings look deeply at the emotive depth of internet culture, teasing out signifiers of class, consumption and bravado within curated online profiles. Tackling this contemporary media as a landscape artist would a meadow or a valley, the minutia of consumer culture are crystallised by her brushstrokes. Taking a seat at the table with other photorealist painters such as Wayne Thiebaud and Ralph Goings, Beavers shares their fascination for food, but her dissection of consumption in relation to digital cultures places her firmly in the contemporary moment. ...

Selected Artworks
Cake
Gina Beavers
Cake, 2015
40.64 x 40.64cm
Painter's Lips
Gina Beavers
Painter's Lips, 2019
182.88 x 182.88cm
Corn Nails
Gina Beavers
Corn Nails, 2019
81.28 x 60.96cm
16 Step Smoky Eye
Gina Beavers
16 Step Smoky Eye, 2020
76.2 x 76.2 x 15.24cm
Seoul Bistro Fire Burger
Gina Beavers
Seoul Bistro Fire Burger, 2020
40.6 x 40.6 x 10.2cm
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Eye
Gina Beavers
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Eye, 2020
76.2 x 76.2 x 10.2cm
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Lips
Gina Beavers
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Lips, 2020
76.2 x 76.2 x 10.2cm
Day Into Night Lips
Gina Beavers
Day Into Night Lips, 2022
182.9 x 182.9 x 22.9cm
Applying lipstick on heart shape lips
Gina Beavers
Applying lipstick on heart shape lips, 2021
121.9 x 81.3cm
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Butt Cake
Gina Beavers
Liz Phair ‘Parasite’ Butt Cake, 2020
76.2 x 76.2 x 10.2cm
Gallery Representation
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