"M" plays with space and sensuality. The woman who inspired the piece, a model, academic, and friend of the artist, is portrayed in symbiosis between the emotional abstract and sexual detail. This technique derives from the artist’s focus on narrative and the passage of time.
The painting is meant to invoke sexuality and non-sexuality. It bursts open the male gaze by using it against itself and celebrating form in totality. The use of “non-space,” which seems empty to the average viewer, is in fact a deliberate attempt to join together the painting as a whole. This unites bold, evocative colours and calm, unsuspecting silence. This duality returns agency to the viewer while also instilling the woman/women/figures in the piece with dominion over their space.
(December 19, 2017)
