MARIA TORP
A R T I S T O F W I N T E R 2 0 1 8IMMACULATE, ENGAGED, VIBRANT IMAGES OF THE TIMESBy Julie Thaning Mikines
Maria Torp’s visual idiom is flawlessly precise and reproduces complex surface structures such as hair, skin, clothing and textiles in a hyperrealistic way. Similar in style to photorealism, the surfaces in Torp’s works are smooth and glossy as the pages of a fashion magazine; but Torp’s works extend beyond the photorealistic; her working process with the paintings involves not just the reproduction of a photograph, but a personal or intimate story – Torp’s approach rather has roots in the nineteenth-century art movement Realism, which is characterized by the consistent observance of the requirement to deal with the contemporary scene, often combined with a socially critical focus on the human condition. |
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Artist of Winter 2018Front cover artist for A R T I C U L A T E #14 aiming to make the art scene and its movements accessible to anybody, with a common non-commercial language (visual of its kind) as a result.
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