"Pygmalion Effect XXII" by Almudena Rodriguez

2017
$2,480 USD SOLD
Dimensions
W: 19.75" D: 1.0" H: 14.0"
Materials
Paper
Paint
Ink
Collection #
CAR042
Estimated Shipping
$75

Extracting images, logos and slogans from popular culture, Almudena Rodriguez rearranges these disparate signs in an attempt to map out a single vision determined not by original context but through aesthetic thought. In a series titled "Pygmalion Effect," the artist explores the popular psychological idea that greater expectations lead to better performance, questioning how an artist can influence the viewer’s perception. Created with acrylic paint, aniline, ink, watercolor, enamel and embroidery on amate paper, "Pygmalion Effect XXII" considers the ideas of wish and fulfillment in the context of religion and migration. Amid abstract brushwork and collaged images culled from varied sources, the Italian words for “5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes,” overlaid on a map of the world, call to mind Jesus’ miracle as well as bounty envisioned by people immigrating to a new place.

Acrylic, aniline, ink, watercolor, and embroidery on amate paper. Framed.

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Almudena Rodriguez

b. 1969, Madrid, Spain

The colorful, large-scale paintings of Spanish artist Almudena Rodriguez offer a dream-like vision of modern pop culture. Extracting banal images from everyday media – characters from comics, mythic heros of the past, idols of today – she recontextualizes shared cultural signifiers to highlight the absurdity of a world in which self-perception is determined by mass media.

Her work has been shown throughout Spain, Portugal, France, Serbia, Algiers, Mexico, USA and in contemporary art fairs ARCO and Art Miami. She currently resides and works in Madrid, Spain.

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