VANESSA BEECROFT

AS OF JUNE 2022, JUST ONE EYE HAS DEDICATED THE NORTHWEST GALLERY TO CONTEMPORARY ARTIST VANESSA BEECROFT. VANESSA DESIGNS PIECES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEMALE BODY AND PROVOKE SOCIO POLITICAL DISCUSSION OF ART. THE BUSTS ARE DERIVED FROM GLAZED CERAMIC, POLISHED BASALT, BRONZE, REFURBISHED WOOD, AND EMBELLISHED WITH OIL PAINT AND GOLD LEAF.

VANESSA BEECROFT WAS BORN IN GENOA, ITALY BEFORE PERMANENTLY MOVING TO LOS ANGELES TO SHOWCASE HER THOUGHT-PROVOKING ARTWORK. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED ACROSS SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AND MAJOR CONTEMPORARY EVENTS. HER WORKS EMPHASIZE THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN NAKEDNESS AND CLOTHING, CONSTRAINT AND FREEDOM, THE COLLECTIVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL, AND HUMAN STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS.

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