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Miss Van

Untitled

2003

Mixed media on canvas

81 × 65 cm

Unique

Location: Paris, France

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8,100 € 8100.0 EUR 8,100 €

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About the artwork

With the allure of a Japanese warrior, this character with pink hair surrounded by butterflies and a strong femininity, is highly expressive. With her eyes turned skyward, her eyebrows furrowed and her make-up boldly red, this pin-up is ready to take on the world's greatest fashion catwalks. Born of Miss Van's own imagination, this comic-book character is the very interpretation of a stubborn, grouchy personality. The artist, who likes to paint according to her emotions and feelings, is perhaps offering the viewer a witness to her current mood.

Expert opinion

Emblematic of Miss Van's work, this piece illustrates one of her many female figures.

About the artist

Born in Toulouse in 1973, Miss Van is one of the pioneers of the female urban art scene. Beginning to paint in the early 1990s, her characters, inspired by dolls and comic-book pin-ups, were noticed for how different they were from the graffiti painted by the male urban scene at the time. In the 2000s, his dolls were depicted with their eyes closed. This act was synonymous with introspection for the artist and became Miss Van's trademark. Her universe was then defined, oscillating between burlesque fantasies and tortured dreams. Her work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, including Openspace Gallery in Paris in 2018, Soze Gallery in Los Angeles in 2013 and Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Berlin in 2008.

“"In life, I'm quite fascinated by ambiguous people. Like most people, I'm full of confusion. So I like to express this through my paintings. When I have an image in mind, there are always several feelings that come to me at the same time."”

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