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“Les Peintures I and II” 2018-2022

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Photographer AnnMarie Tornabene has dedicated her artistic practices to those within the realm of self-portrait photography originally to begin the process of self-acceptance after a life-long battle with obesity and abuse she suffered based on her appearance. While her work has evolved over more than 27 years to explore more psychological and spiritual themes, the theme of these two series, Les Peintures I and II, have returned full circle, to focus once again on her appearance.

 

Combined with an internal psychological struggle that she has with both her body and mind as she ages and transforms, she incorporates textures/marks onto her body and the overall image to show a battle of her strengths and weaknesses, creating a depth that goes well beneath the surface. With inspirations from paintings from the Old Masters as well as more contemporary expressionism, AnnMarie tries to balance the number of texture/marks, symbols and the poses in each composition to express that battle.

 

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