Its own room
Here, a girl plays a mandolin (homage to Picasso's painting "Girl with Mandolin")
Britt Freda · Acrylic and graphite on panel · 48″ h × 24″ w
Nothing here has been enhanced. Everything you see is derived from the object — the record below says exactly how each view was made.
Set your screen once. Hold a bank card against the screen and slide until the orange outline matches its width.
The surface under moving light
This view is built only from real photographs of the work, each lit from a different angle, so you can move the light yourself and watch the real surface answer. It is being captured in the studio and will appear here. Until then we show nothing rather than an imitation.
“It is essential to compel a person to love something before they'll risk what it takes to defend it.”— Britt Freda
Freda takes Picasso's title and answers it in her own language. The figure and instrument are resolved through overlapping circles and arcs — a compositional structure entirely different from the cellular mosaic she uses for animals, and closer to the analytical Cubism the title invokes. The palette is warmer than the rest of the Sanctuary group: cadmium yellow, dusty rose, slate blue, and a grey that holds them apart. The face is downturned and quiet while everything around it is in motion. The homage is real but not deferential — Picasso fractured the figure to show several views at once; Freda uses the same arcs to hold one.
The Authenticity Record
| View | Made from | Processing |
|---|---|---|
| The whole work, deep zoom, loupe, true size | Gallery photograph of the work | None beyond resizing for the web |
Nothing on this page is retouched, relit in software or generated. A full studio capture of this work is scheduled.
ArtistBritt Freda
MediumAcrylic and graphite on panel
Size48″ h × 24″ w
Price$6,300
MediumAcrylic and graphite on panel
Size48″ h × 24″ w
Price$6,300