Inhabited Painting by Helena Almeida

Inhabited Painting 1976

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Copyright: Helena Almeida,Fair Use

This is Helena Almeida’s “Inhabited Painting”, made with paint and photography. It's a meeting of media, which for me, is where art really gets interesting. Look at the slash of blue, how it's laid so confidently over the photograph of the artist, obscuring her face, becoming a mask, but also kind of liberating her from the photograph’s reality. The paint isn't trying to blend; it's asserting itself, a bold, flat plane against the grayscale tones of the photo. I love how the bristles fan out at the edges, like a controlled explosion. It brings an element of chance and movement, almost like she's painting herself out of the picture, or into another dimension. Almeida’s work reminds me a little of John Baldessari, with its playful and critical approach to photography and painting. They both understand that art is not about answers but about opening up questions, and finding new perspectives.

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