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Mercedes Llanos

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Biography

Mercedes Llanos creates visceral paintings in which she replicates animated, somewhat grotesque scenes from her dreams. Llanos frequently speaks of the deep patriarchal currents which ran through her upbringing in Mar del Plata, Argentina. This societal makeup informed the binary divide of labour in Llanos’ household, the artist found the hyper-sexualisation of women’s bodies inescapable, as was the hypocritical repression of women’s sexuality. Using painting as a medium to exercise these frustrations, Llanos mixes oils with charcoals, pastels, chalk and sometimes menstrual blood, to craft large-scale works which demand a bodily response from the viewer. Appearing like liberated spirits, Llanos’ female figures drape across the canvas, representing intense pleasure or pain and their bodies free of anatomical limits. Lllanos cites Impressionism and Post-Impressionism as key influences upon her painterly style, with Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard and Monet being particular insperations for the artist. The fluidity of Llanos’ brushstrokes and the porous relationship between the figures and the surrounding composition mirrors the amorphous tone of these painters, yet her constant investigation into the complexity of female desire carves out a particular context for Llanos to operate within. ...

Selected Artworks
Untitled (Desire Against Morality)
Mercedes Llanos
Untitled (Desire Against Morality), 2021
183 x 203cm
The Shaman
Mercedes Llanos
The Shaman, 2021
213 x 183cm
Respiracion Boca a Boca (CPR)
Mercedes Llanos
Respiracion Boca a Boca (CPR), 2021
183 x 229cm
A Rugrat's Spell
Mercedes Llanos
A Rugrat's Spell, 2021
229 x 183cm
The Green Bed
Mercedes Llanos
The Green Bed, 2021
183 x 152cm
The King Baby Possesor
Mercedes Llanos
The King Baby Possesor, 2021
213 x 366cm
Charla de Seis
Mercedes Llanos
Charla de Seis, 2021
183 x 213cm
The Bathtub
Mercedes Llanos
The Bathtub, 2021
234 x 107cm
The Commute
Mercedes Llanos
The Commute, 2020
229 x 178cm
Queen of the Moon
Mercedes Llanos
Queen of the Moon, 2021
97 x 142cm
Baby Fever Fear
Mercedes Llanos
Baby Fever Fear, 2020
193 x 198cm
El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos (After Goya)
Mercedes Llanos
El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos (After Goya), 2020
152 x 203cm
Distraída por el Deseo
Mercedes Llanos
Distraída por el Deseo, 2020
188 x 127cm
Meet the Parents
Mercedes Llanos
Meet the Parents, 2020
152 x 102cm
Not Yet Titled
Mercedes Llanos
Not Yet Titled, 2023
203.2 x 228.6cm
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Mercedes Llanos
Not Yet Titled, 2023
192.4 x 213.4cm
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Mercedes Llanos
Not Yet Titled, 2023
193.7 x 98.4cm
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Mercedes Llanos
Not Yet Titled, 2023
241.3 x 203.2cm
Gallery Representation
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