Madame Butterfly
2015-6
Acrylic on corset on board with painted bird skulls and artificial butterflies – framed
2’10” x 2’5” x 0’7”
Currently available in the USA on ArtNet
Madame Butterfly draws on the symbolism and inherent fragility of butterflies to reflect on the preciousness and ephemerality of both love and life. This uplifting work, a corset bursting with butterflies, evokes memories of romance and seduction. It recalls past passions and suggests the feeling of butterflies within as anticipation builds and love blossoms.
Suspended offers the viewer a flimsy negligee hastily discarded in a moment of passion, caught on the very mirror in front of which the wearer carried out her preparations for the anticipated night. The mirror has long been a fraught symbol in art history, sometimes suggestive of vanity, self-awareness and fleeting recognition. Here it is provocative and fun, providing a glimpse of a fleeting sensual event? Was it left behind absentmindedly or deliberately?”
Suspended
By Sonia Richter
2016
Acrylic on dress on vintage mirror with
artificial butterflies
3’6” x 1’2” x 0’4"
Currently available in the USA on ArtNet
Ground Control to 80s Prom
Sonia Richter
Acrylic on vintage dress on board with butterflies
2015
1236 x 1150 x 250mm
SOLD
