Celeste Rapone Artist
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Celeste rapone artist. Find the latest shows biography and artworks for sale by celeste rapone. 1985 new jersey usa fuses material invention humour high low free play tough art history and resourcefulness with the figure all in service of detailed 21st century narratives that prioritise women. Celeste rapone was born in 1985 and raised in new jersey. Dempsey and the artist.
Exploring an artistic space between baroque grandeur and modern grit american arts celeste rapone enjoys revisiting the works of the old masters in an effort to comment on the imagery of the modern day. She received her bfa from the rhode island school of design in 2007 and is currently a 2013 mfa candidate in the department of painting and drawing at the school of the art institute of chicago. From roberts projects celeste rapone home studio 2019 oil on canvas 66 84 in. Image courtesy of corbett vs.
Slightly earlier works like flirt 2018 or artist wife 2017 centre on guston or eisenman esque caricatures whilst a recent work like yawn 2020 is more scenic and features lots of minutiae. Rapone is a 2013 mfa graduate of the school of the art institute of chicago where she is now an adjunct professor in painting and drawing and the subject of recent solo exhibitions at josh lilley and corbett vs dempsey chicago. Developed intuitively through formal questions and decisions each depicts a figure engaging in a newfound amateur endeavor sport or chore unknown to me. Beginning with the legacy of the dutch golden age rapone updates her work by paralleling the refined finish of such masterful compositions with a sense of the overdone ostentation that dominates the modern world.