Peaceful Pretence by Nicole Frankel

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This is a large figurative painting. A naked woman sits, curled-up inside a cardboard box, the cardboard box taking up the entire composition. The woman is cramped and very aware of where the edges of the box are.

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Nicole Frankel
32 artworks

Melbourne, Australia

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Artwork Description

Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This was an artwork I painted as part of a series, where I was exploring the limitations on personal freedom. I did this by asking people to climb inside a cardboard box and image that the walls of that box were the barriers that prevented them from feeling truly free. I was interested in how people reacted to this situation. In this particular painting I felt like there was exterior impression of calm that hides a tension.

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acrylic on canvas

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Stretched and ready to hang

This artwork is currently stretched and ready to hang.

Nicole Frankel
32 artworks

Melbourne, Australia

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