Boiled Egg (Tanning with Cherries)

Olivia Sterling

Boiled Egg (Tanning with Cherries), 2021121.9 x 91.4cmSign in to view price
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acrylic on canvas
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The vibrant painting features a striking contrast of colors, with a bold blue background complementing the soft, fleshy tones of the prominent subject. The figure, rendered in an expressive style, appears to be in a reclined pose, with gestural brushstrokes suggesting a sense of movement and energy. The work explores themes of the human form and its relationship to the natural world, as evidenced by the inclusion of organic elements like the berries. Through its bold visual language and emotive qualities, the piece invites the viewer to consider the artist's unique perspective on the human experience. ...

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Olivia Sterling
Artist
Olivia Sterling
B.1996, British

Olivia Sterling’s paintings are cropped, zoomed-in vignettes rendered in vivid colour and bold, exuberant style. In her paintings, depicting flailing limbs and often involving traditionally British food and drink, such as Victoria sponge cake, strawberries and cream, with the food chaotically smeared, splatted or exploding, Sterling undermines the ‘prim and proper’ garden parties and bunting of associated with Britishness. A distinctive feature of Sterling’s work is her incorporation of letters, numbers and lines into her paintings. Denoting specific blocks of colour on the canvas, these markings are symbolic of the categorisations and compartmentalisation forced upon those with particular skin tones and differing identities. ...

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