This work explores the evolution of female representation by juxtaposing a figure inspired by Rembrandt's 17th-century naturalism with a contemporary pop culture reference shaped by animation and consumer culture. This fusion of art history and pop imagery reflects on timeless beauty, shifting perspectives, and the interplay of past and present.
Rembrandt's A Woman Bathing in a Stream is reimagined here, with the bather seen from behind, her form rooted in classical painting. Facing her is Little Bo Peep from Toy Story, a character already marked by transformation—from nursery rhyme to empowered digital figure. Bo Peep appears twice: first, as a stylized figure within the painting; and second, as a found object—a mass-produced three-dimensional toy—stepping out from or perhaps into the canvas. This dual presence blurs boundaries between flat image and object, fiction and form, creating a nearly blank yet voluptuous sculptural presence that contrasts with the painted figures.
This is not a comparison but an encounter where time folds and different ways of seeing the body, the self, and art converge. The three figures—classical, cartoon, and sculptural—occupy different dimensions and approaches to femininity. Their spatial relationship creates a dialogue across visual languages, suggesting a confrontation, or perhaps a handoff, between past and present forms of artistic and cultural representation. It's a meeting across centuries that were never meant to intersect.
The work invites reflection on how we reinterpret and "recast" the past to shape new narratives, particularly around female identity and selfhood. It explores the way figures evolve, how imagery is reused, and how characters and meanings shift when filtered through time, imagination, and material culture. By folding time across eras, this piece engages with ideas of embodiment, nostalgia, and transformation, opening space for both continuity and change.
By toying with these references, I examine how we continually reframe history to speak to the present, creating a dialogue where vulnerability meets form, realism confronts animation, and the old and new find unexpected resonance.
2025, Acrylic on canvas and found objects
20 x 34 x 2.5 inches
FOLDED TIME: ENCOUNTERS AND TRANSFORMATIONS
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