These hybrid portraits appropriate seductive images of women in a variety of contemporary costumes from Internet sources, coupled with 17th-and 18th-century portrait paintings of men in power and of nobility. Oropallo draws striking parallels between the two unlikely sources by focusing on seduction and power through gesture and pose. The artist layers each image, causing them to be revealed simultaneously, drawing connections through stance, gesture and attire. This re-contextualization brings forth issues of gender, fantasy, power and sexuality.
Aug 10, 12:12pm
