Perla (Pearl)

Description

A grid of wooden blocks forms the face: on the left, a warm-toned face made of beige and pink squares; at the top right, the turquoise and blue colors of the scarf; the hair and background blend into black and brown. Where Vermeer placed the pearl, there is a white square with a dried grasshopper. Everything is encased in epoxy resin; the surface is smooth, while the colors beneath are mottled, like chipped enamel. This is not a copy of the painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” but rather a decomposition of the image into individual cells.

Wooden cubes, acrylic and oil paints, dried grasshopper, epoxy resin

A portrait based on the motif of Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” assembled from a grid; the pearl is replaced by an insect.

Model: Vermeer’s famous portrait, not a free abstraction.

The face and scarf are composed of wooden squares, each of which is individually painted with acrylic and oil paints.

A white fragment featuring a dried grasshopper is attached where the earring would be.

The surface is coated with epoxy to level out the relief of the squares and secure the insect.

The work is signed and dated. For interior use: living room or study; a neutral wall and a simple frame are preferable so that the grid is clearly visible from a distance of two to three meters

Beneath the resin, the boundaries of the individual cubes are visible, along with varying color densities—ranging from nearly natural wood tones to deep blue and black cells; the epoxy resin creates a glassy sheen in direct light and softens the structure when viewed from the side; The cubes are flush with the backing; minor resin bubbles, varying shades in the joints between the strips, and random paint splatters on adjacent cubes may occur—these are traces of the installation process and are not chips.