Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Bernhardt, Katherine |
Title |
Nicki Minaj |
Medium |
Acrylic on canvas |
Date |
2010 |
Description |
Katherine Bernhardt (Clayton, Missouri 1975; lives and works in Brooklyn) Nicki Minaj, 2010 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2019 gift of Elin and Michael Nierenberg Nicki Minaj stems from the prominent New York painter Katherine Bernhardt's celebrity-based series in which models and other popular culture icons are immortalized with intentionally reckless brushwork and flashy colors on large canvases. As the artist explains, "I made a whole series of paintings of Nicki Minaj. They are based on video stills. With her crazy hair and the color of her lipstick, the angles, the tone-it was the perfect thing to paint basically." She depicts the performer as a universal icon of feminine allure. More recently, Bernhardt has moved on to a succession of brief series featuring Pop Art motifs such as fast food and sports paraphernalia. Her restless shifting of subject matter is a direct reflection of contemporary online culture's short-lived obsession with the latest trends. |
Catalog Number |
2019.10.09 |
Search Terms |
Paintings Acrylic paintings Canvas Portrait paintings Portraits Women Women Artists |
Credit line |
gift of Elin and Michael Nierenberg |