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Elizabeth BarlowThe Truth about Beauty2016
2016
$5,500List Price
About the Item
- Creator:Elizabeth Barlow (American)
- Creation Year:2016
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Burlingame, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: BARE151stDibs: LU375310327082
Elizabeth Barlow
Elizabeth Barlow meticulously creates oil portraits that feature still-life objects to represent the essence of her subject. In this case, the artist depicts the concept of beauty through the placement of flowers and their shadows. Barlow's humor and joy come into play in her paintings that bridge Pop Art with Realism, in her unique still-life compositions. By skewing traditional portraiture and still life, she captures individuals and ideas, with her unique, contemporary style that she calls Portraits in Absentia. Barlow’s work has been recently exhibited at the New Museum Los Gatos, the Triton Museum of Art and the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, California.
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