Emmanuelle Pellet - Rifle
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Original acrylic painting titled Rifle by Emmanuelle Pellet (2020), a portrait on a 101 cm by 76 cm canvas, signed by hand and ready to hang, produced in France in a contemporary pop-surrealist style.
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Everything in this canvas belongs to the aesthetics of pop surrealism: the large-eyed face inherited from childhood imagery, the candy palette, the spiraled clouds that seem straight out of a fairy tale, and this incongruous detail — a dragon on one leg of pants — which reminds us that this candor is merely a cleverly constructed facade. The artist masters this visual language born of American underground culture to perfection, while infusing it with a personal unease, made of silences and suspended symbols.
The weapon, the innocence, the heart-shaped flowers, the drop shadow that repeats their silhouette along the path like an echo or a omen: each element functions as a sign, never revealing a single, unambiguous narrative. It is this tension between the softness of the rendering — silky glazes, pearlized skin, almost photorealistic precision — and the strangeness of the subject that gives the work its captivating power.
The canvas is built up with layers of colored glazes, which, as they dry, form cracks. This deliberate patina becomes a pictorial language, evoking memory, the fragility of memories, and the beauty of what endures through time. Emmanuelle Pellet’s works do not seek to depict time passing, but to endow it with material. Between the heritage of old masters and a contemporary sensibility, her characters seem to emerge from a universal memory, suspended between reality and dream.
A striking piece, technically flawless, that fully sits within the international pop surrealism vein while asserting a singular voice — one of those that do not leave anyone indifferent and that, on a wall, continue to engage the gaze for a long time.
About the artist
Historian by training, Emmanuelle Pellet studied at the École du Louvre and then at the Sorbonne before earning the Agrégation in Visual Arts (3rd place). After several years in teaching, she joined the Louvre Museum as head of educational outreach.
Her works have been exhibited in galleries in Paris, London, Singapore, and Mauritius. They have been the subject of numerous publications and today appear in private collections in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Indian Ocean.
NB: The canvas is mounted on a frame, ready to be fixed to the wall, with its hanging system, or ready to be framed."
Everything in this canvas belongs to the aesthetics of pop surrealism: the large-eyed face inherited from childhood imagery, the candy palette, the spiraled clouds that seem straight out of a fairy tale, and this incongruous detail — a dragon on one leg of pants — which reminds us that this candor is merely a cleverly constructed facade. The artist masters this visual language born of American underground culture to perfection, while infusing it with a personal unease, made of silences and suspended symbols.
The weapon, the innocence, the heart-shaped flowers, the drop shadow that repeats their silhouette along the path like an echo or a omen: each element functions as a sign, never revealing a single, unambiguous narrative. It is this tension between the softness of the rendering — silky glazes, pearlized skin, almost photorealistic precision — and the strangeness of the subject that gives the work its captivating power.
The canvas is built up with layers of colored glazes, which, as they dry, form cracks. This deliberate patina becomes a pictorial language, evoking memory, the fragility of memories, and the beauty of what endures through time. Emmanuelle Pellet’s works do not seek to depict time passing, but to endow it with material. Between the heritage of old masters and a contemporary sensibility, her characters seem to emerge from a universal memory, suspended between reality and dream.
A striking piece, technically flawless, that fully sits within the international pop surrealism vein while asserting a singular voice — one of those that do not leave anyone indifferent and that, on a wall, continue to engage the gaze for a long time.
About the artist
Historian by training, Emmanuelle Pellet studied at the École du Louvre and then at the Sorbonne before earning the Agrégation in Visual Arts (3rd place). After several years in teaching, she joined the Louvre Museum as head of educational outreach.
Her works have been exhibited in galleries in Paris, London, Singapore, and Mauritius. They have been the subject of numerous publications and today appear in private collections in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Indian Ocean.
NB: The canvas is mounted on a frame, ready to be fixed to the wall, with its hanging system, or ready to be framed."
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Artist
Emmanuelle Pellet
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Rifle
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
France
Year
2020
Condition
Good condition
Height
101 cm
Width
76 cm
Weight
4 g
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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