| Johniene Papandreas |
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Born in 1952, Morgantown, WV USA, grew up in Miami, FL and has lived all over the USA. I enjoy, to paraphrase Miles Davis, painting the notes you cannot hear.
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| 关于此艺术家 |
I have a fascination with subtext. With reading between the lines. Tuning in to the unspoken. Mine are portraits of imagined selves, damaged and passionate and hidden selves. Expressions from a moment thought private, unobserved, when the guard is down. A glimpse of the genuine, before the retreat. Before the walls go back up.
I am guided in my explorations by the great painters of the Classical periods; painters of the dramatic and ecstatic, inspiring and fearless in their revelation of the human condition. Pushing past context, I seek out the souls that populate their paintings. Here are complex expressions, hidden agendas, innuendos, and faces stripped of artifice, laid bare by ecstasy.
In the alchemy I attempt, I lift these souls out of their place and time and take them as my models, paring down their faces to get at some “essential” expression. I listen carefully and translate, guided by them to revelation. Sometimes there is an amplification of what may already be present, sometimes a glimpse into a possible hidden nature is revealed, and sometimes -- something completely new is unlocked. When my contribution is made and the viewer stands before them the alchemy continues. Eyes meet. Something is familiar, remembered. Connections are triggered and in the viewing, the transformation gels, complete - yet different each time for each new viewer.
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CHALLENGE
2004 Casein on muslin 188X91.4 |
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Inspired by Man with a Pipe by Gustav Courbet c. 1848-49 |
PACE (peace)
2005 Casein on muslin 223.5x94 |
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Inspired by "Death of Chatterton" by Henry Wallis, 1856 |
DISPOSITION
2006 Casein on muslin 190x76 |
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Inspired by "The entombment" by Caravaggio c. 1602-04 |
FOUR STUDIES
2006 Casein on muslin 30.5x30.5 each |
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Inspired by various figures from the Sistine Chapel by Michaelangelo 1508-12 |
LIKE MIND
2005 Casein on Muslin 122x198 |
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Inspired by "The Two Sisters" by Theodore Chasseriau, 1843 |
HOLY NIGHT
2006 Casein on Muslin 137.2x188 |
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Inspired by "San Sebastian" by Mattea Pretti, 1660 |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 |
Johniene Papandreas was trained as a Theatrical Scenic Designer and worked in the New York theatre from 1979-84. In 1984 she took her skills to the world of Corporate Theatre and Events, using them to design Broadway-scale productions for major corporations launching new concepts and products. Her travels in the heightened world of the theatre and the sometimes surreal world of Corporate America contribute largely to the subtext and insights into human nature she explores in her paintings and portraits.
Ms. Papandreas’ work can be found in numerous private collections nationally and internationally including:
• The Miller-Davis Collection: USA and Munich
• The Villalobos-Lapan Collection: South Florida
• The Jerome Scally New and Emerging Artists Collection: Boston
And in the private residences of
• David Lee, Film and Television Producer
• Peter Paige, Actor
• Manuel Ramirez, Sports Celebrity
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| 未来的展览 |
85@85 Small Works Group Show
MIARTE GALLERY, Coral Gables FL through February 16 2007
May 2007: "BODY WORK", Expression of the human figure
July 2007 "ASPECTS" Expression Portraiture
GALLERY VOYEUR, Provincetown, MA |
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网站: www.voy-art.com |
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