Gry Hege Rinaldo |
My work deals with the female body and different states of mind. The reason for using the female body as the subject matter is that I find it crucial to identify with my own work, using myself and others as models. The models I use function as tools to express states of mind which are of a universal character, -recognized by women and men alike. |
I take photographs of the model and use them as sketches and source-material for my paintings and drawings. My work is not of a photorealistic character; I don`t fully use the qualities of the photograph. However, it`s all staged in a theatrical manner with strong light sometimes cast on certain parts of the body. I find my work linked both to the traditional and the contemporary representation of the nude. Traditional in the way I use the human form as the subject, and the way I handle the painted and the drawn surface. Contemporary in the way I pose the model`s body, the perspective and the cropping - and also that the nude is expressing a certain temperament and individuality which avoids a situation where the woman becomes just an object. |