Annie Kevan’s take on portraiture is definitely fresh and full of exploration . . . as the artist says “my work isn’t really about portraiture; it’s always firstly about an idea”. Remember the name because people are taking note, or should be. Really it is only a matter of time before this artist is no longer starving. The photo above is the portrait of Mariella Novotny, supposedly one of JFK’s many concubines. Mariella stars in Kevan’s “All the Presidents’ Girls” series which includes every mistress from Marilyn & Monica to Venus & a Princess. Other series titles include “Boys”, “Girls”, “Mousketeers” and more. Each run reveals a little bit more of the artist’s investigation of society and the labels that we be become. As she puts it, she seeks to “reflect [her] interests in power, manipulation and the role of the individual in inherited belief systems”. Check out the rest of her work.
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