Title of the Work of Art:

The Presence 3

Genre:
Figurative Composition
Period-Movement:
Contemporary Photorealism/Photo-based Art
Date of Creation:
2014
Technique:
Painting
Materials:
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions:
60 x 60 inches


Artwork Description:
This composition of the museum audience includes Charles le Brun and Georges de Latour paintings as a background for the figurative scene. This photorealist painting is based on the photograph of a group of visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art heavily reworked and re-colored by the artist. The Artist altered the positions of visitors and the colors of their clothing to achieve the desired compositional effects. The meditative calmness of the near-empty upper portion of the painting is beautifully contrasted by the diverse and saturated bottom part filled with the figures of visitors, their clothing, and master paintings.