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Art Advisory
By EDEN Gallery,
Posted Jun 20, 2023 ,
In Art Blog, Angelo Accardi, Metis Atash, Gal Yosef
Among the classic artworks still prominent in contemporary pop culture, there is a special place left for Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”. The luminous gaze of the girl portrayed is a mesmerizing appraisal of the innocent beauty of a young woman, captivating the viewers along with the painter.
The unknown figure behind the painting gave birth to various fantasies regarding the origin of the artwork, which at first led to a poetic outburst, and later, in 1999, to a popular novel by Tracy Chevalier. The author imagines Vermeer getting close with a servant, modeling for the painting. The version has gained popularity and was adapted into a movie and a play. In 2014, the world-renowned British artist, produced a mural called “Girl with a Pierced Eardrum”, incorporating an alarm box in place of the earring. Thus, the artwork became a part of contemporary statements on socio-political issues.
The renowned painting has affected many other art forms, including sculpture. Like that, one of the shining Punkbuddha sculptures by Metis Atash, Punkbuddha The Most Beautiful Girl II, depicts two symmetric renditions of the renowned artwork on Buddha's forearms. The black swarovski crystals as a background emphasize the moist luminous gaze and the appraised tenderness of the painting, adding to the general awe.
Gal Yosef, the digital artist renowned for his dark cartooniverse, steps aside from the dollar signs and modern symbols of excess, and transforms Daisy Duck into the mysterious muse behind the artwork in Duck with a Pearl Earring. Similarly, Daniel Gastaud takes the famous portrait as a base for a creation in his style - a black and white portrait decorated with vivid feathers, proponing a completely different, and yet extremely sensual color palette, in Girl with the Pearl Earring.
Centuries old artworks, with Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” standing high and proud among them, in contemporary culture become a basis for an artistic dialogue not only with the audience, but between the artists. The stunning familiarity of the artwork makes it a perfect bridge between epochs and cultures, and a milestone of changes.
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