Sur 3 roses
1963
Oil, tempera, serigraphy, collage, two puffs and one plastic rose on panel
32 x 21 cm
Sur 3 Roses (On 3 Roses), a work in relief, invites the eye on a lyrical stroll between conventional oil and tempera techniques and experimental pictorial processes, including serigraphy, collage and assemblages of objects. Already covered in a homogeneous green, the woman photographed sees her face swallowed up under two powder puffs and a plastic rose. The engulfment ends with the presence of a towel hiding her hair.
However, an eye is extracted and asserts itself in the composition, a blue quadrilateral on a round pink puff. This sharp eye becomes the vital breath of a woman that the simulacrum, a combination of colours, accessories and make-up, tends to erase. Embodying the iconic femininity of the 1960s and its flaws, Sur 3 Roses is one of Martial Raysse's most virulent criticisms of the false pretences of consumer society.
Raysse's painting Sur 3 Roses is in the Pinault Collection. It was first exhibited at the "Sequence 1" show in 2007 at the Palazzo Grassi.
However, an eye is extracted and asserts itself in the composition, a blue quadrilateral on a round pink puff. This sharp eye becomes the vital breath of a woman that the simulacrum, a combination of colours, accessories and make-up, tends to erase. Embodying the iconic femininity of the 1960s and its flaws, Sur 3 Roses is one of Martial Raysse's most virulent criticisms of the false pretences of consumer society.
Raysse's painting Sur 3 Roses 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.
Photo: Patrick H. Müller
