Mille-neuf-cent-soixante-cinq
1965
Tempera and collage on photograph mounted on canvas
30 x 22 cm
A photographed and fragmented face is reduced to its most basic features - eyes, nose, mouth - highlighted in yellow, green and orange. A fringe of hair characteristic of the iconic 1960s woman is extracted from this clinical examination and sets the scene. This is the heart of the Sixties: 1965, to be exact.
Fascinated by the figure of the modern woman in make-up, Martial Raysse dissects and colours the iconic face to better examine its details. Through the filter of kitsch, the classic genre of portraiture is re-interpreted and shows a half-provocative, half-enigmatic woman offering an opportunity to reflect on artificiality and transvestism.
A work that culminated years of exploring Martial Raysse's female stereotype, Mille-neuf-cent-soixante-cinq (1965) is in the Pinault Collection. It was first exhibited at the "Sequence 1" show in 2007 at the Palazzo Grassi.
Fascinated by the figure of the modern woman in make-up, Martial Raysse dissects and colours the iconic face to better examine its details. Through the filter of kitsch, the classic genre of portraiture is re-interpreted and shows a half-provocative, half-enigmatic woman offering an opportunity to reflect on artificiality and transvestism.
A work that culminated years of exploring Martial Raysse's female stereotype, Mille-neuf-cent-soixante-cinq (1965) is in the Pinault Collection. It was first exhibited at the "Sequence 1" show in 2007 at the Palazzo Grassi.
Exhibitions
Martial RAYSSE © Adagp, Paris.
