Emmanuelle Pellet - Rifle
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Everything in this canvas stems from the aesthetics of pop Surrealism: the large-eyed face inherited from child imagery, the candy-bright palette, the spiral clouds that seem straight out of a fairy tale, and this incongruous detail—A dragon on a pant leg—that reminds us that this candor is only a cleverly constructed façade. The artist masters this visual language born from American underground culture to perfection, while infusing it with a distinct unease, made of silences and suspended symbols.
The weapon, innocence, heart-shaped flowers, the drop shadow that repeats their silhouettes along the path like an echo or omen: each element functions as a sign, never yielding a single, unambiguous narrative.
It is this tension between the softness of the rendering — silky glazes, nacreous flesh, almost photorealistic precision — and the strangeness of the subject that gives the work its power to fascinate.
The canvas is built up by a layering of colored glazes, which when dry form cracks. This deliberate patina becomes a pictorial language, evoking memory, the fragility of memories and the beauty of what traverses time. Emmanuelle Pellet's works do not seek to depict time passing, but to give it substance. Between the heritage of the old masters and a contemporary sensibility, her characters seem to rise from a universal memory, suspended between reality and dream.
A striking piece, technically flawless, that sits squarely in the vein of international pop Surrealism while asserting a singular voice — one of those that does not leave people indifferent and that, on a wall, continues to work the gaze long after.
About the artist
Historian of art by training, Emmanuelle Pellet studied at the École du Louvre and then at the Sorbonne before passing the Agrégation in Plastic Arts (3rd rank). After several years of 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 are today part of private collections in Europe, North America, Asia and the Indian Ocean.
NB: The canvas is stretched on a frame, ready to be fixed to the wall, with its hanging system, or ready to be framed.
Everything in this canvas stems from the aesthetics of pop Surrealism: the large-eyed face inherited from child imagery, the candy-bright palette, the spiral clouds that seem straight out of a fairy tale, and this incongruous detail—A dragon on a pant leg—that reminds us that this candor is only a cleverly constructed façade. The artist masters this visual language born from American underground culture to perfection, while infusing it with a distinct unease, made of silences and suspended symbols.
The weapon, innocence, heart-shaped flowers, the drop shadow that repeats their silhouettes along the path like an echo or omen: each element functions as a sign, never yielding a single, unambiguous narrative.
It is this tension between the softness of the rendering — silky glazes, nacreous flesh, almost photorealistic precision — and the strangeness of the subject that gives the work its power to fascinate.
The canvas is built up by a layering of colored glazes, which when dry form cracks. This deliberate patina becomes a pictorial language, evoking memory, the fragility of memories and the beauty of what traverses time. Emmanuelle Pellet's works do not seek to depict time passing, but to give it substance. Between the heritage of the old masters and a contemporary sensibility, her characters seem to rise from a universal memory, suspended between reality and dream.
A striking piece, technically flawless, that sits squarely in the vein of international pop Surrealism while asserting a singular voice — one of those that does not leave people indifferent and that, on a wall, continues to work the gaze long after.
About the artist
Historian of art by training, Emmanuelle Pellet studied at the École du Louvre and then at the Sorbonne before passing the Agrégation in Plastic Arts (3rd rank). After several years of 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 are today part of private collections in Europe, North America, Asia and the Indian Ocean.
NB: The canvas is stretched 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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