Lisa Brice
Untitled, 2019/2024
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A unique framed screen print by Lisa Brice with hand-painted elements. Signed by the artist.
Edition Size
Unique
Dimensions
42 x 29.7 cm
Finishing
Screenprint with hand-painted gouache and pencil crayon, in a museum grade frame
About The Artwork
Brice’s practice concentrates on emotive and evocative portraiture. She references art history, images of women in the media and photographs she has taken herself. For this unique work, Brice has painted directly onto a proof from her 2019 screenprint edition for House of Voltaire, expanding the scene. The original edition depicted only the figure on the left, leant against a table with head turned towards us, the audience. In reworking the image, Brice contextualises the surrounding environment by introducing a second figure in the background, gazing at the model and loosely clutching a painter's palette and brushes.
About Lisa Brice
Lisa Brice (b. 1968, Cape Town, South Africa) graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town in 1990. Best known for her arresting representations of the female nude, Brice recontextualises and reclaims the pervasive and objectifying art historical visualisations of the female body in her art. Primarily working in painting and drawing, Brice’s visual lexicon often draws parallels with the portrayals of traditionally lauded male artists – ranging from Degas, Manet, Vallotton and Picasso – transposing their figures with an aura of individuality and self-assurance, even sensual provocation. Variously depicted in interior or studio settings, her muses often appear as both painter and model invoking a subtle, yet potent narrative transition from subject to author. Similarly, their props, including cigarettes, paint brushes, mirrors and easels act as recurring motifs that either amplify gesture or obscure, elucidating a psychologically charged and nuanced view of feminine agency. Brice lives and works in London and is Represented by Sadie Coles HQ.