The artwork depicts a striking portrait of a serious-looking woman against a dark background. The use of contrasting colors, with a muted beige tone for the face and a black backdrop, creates a dramatic and moody atmosphere. The subject's face is rendered in a simplified, geometric style, emphasizing the sharp lines of the eyebrows, nose, and lips. The overall composition is balanced and centered, drawing the viewer's attention to the contemplative expression of the woman. This portrait reflects the artist's exploration of the human form and emotion through a contemporary, stylized approach. ...
Barbara Moura is an artist originally from Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated from the National Film School of Portugal and moved to London where she did her MA Applied Imagination in The Creative Industries at Central Saint Martins. She currently lives in Vienna. Her work alternates between oil painting and digital drawing and usually deals with themes such as feminism, sexuality, political criticism or emotional struggles, often personalized through self-portraits. ...
Founded in 2019 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in a Haussmann-style setting, SEPTIEME opened its second space in September 2022 in Cotonou, Benin, in a 200m2 warehouse in the center of the city, to offer exhibitions in a new format to audiences in the West African sub-region. It made sense for SEPTIEME to deploy its vision spatially and to help push back the frontiers of contemporary art, as well as to contribute to the construction of new contemporary art strongholds. ...
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