Nov 26, 2019
Tormentedly Untainted, 2019
Oil on linen
72 x 60 inches
182,9 x 152,4 cm
Chloe Wise’s, (Canadian artist), paintings engage with the idea of constructed identity by questioning the social systems that dictate how we consume images of women. Her plush portraits—paintings growing in seriousness, both technically and thematically—call into question the power the male gaze continues to hold in contemporary imagery while simultaneously parodying the status quo heteronormative dominance presents. “The people I portray, whether they are women or non-binary, are in control of their own representation, as opposed to the way the female figure has been depicted throughout history,” says Wise.
