Genieve Figgis
Picnic
2022
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
30 x 30 cm
12 x 12 in
Edition of 30 + 5 APs
Signed and numbered on the front
Almine Rech Editions is pleased to present 'Picnic', a limited edition print collaboration with artist Genieve Figgis released on the occasion of the Almine Rech's Newsletter's 30th anniversary.
Genieve Figgis' paintings share a similar dramatic bent as some Irish-English literature subjects from Edgar Allan Poe to Oscar Wilde, as well as acknowledged old masters such like Goya. Working in oil and acrylic and a small to mid-scale, Genieve Figgis produces paintings rich in color, texture, humor, and the macabre. Through her work, she explores and overturns the idealization of luxury and leisure in paintings and photographs throughout art history. Like these historical works, her paintings feature sumptuous domestic interiors and stately country homes, idyllic natural settings, and protagonists dressed in finery and engaged in such activities as feasting, horseback riding, playing piano, or attending a party.
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