80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Ana Benaroya
It’s The Kiss of Death From Ms. Goldfinger
Lot Closed
February 8, 09:20 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ana Benaroya
b. 1986, New York, NY
It’s The Kiss of Death From Ms. Goldfinger
Executed in 2020.
Mixed media on paper
11 x 14 in
Framed: 16 7/8 x 20 ¾ x 1 in. (42.9 x 52.7 x 2.5 cm)
Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Norton Museum of Art (the “Norton”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the Norton. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the Norton so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.
Courtesy of Ross + Kramer / Arcature Fine Art
Ana Benaroya is interested in power: who holds it, how it is used, how it informs every narrative, and how it can be taken back – by women in particular. From a queer perspective she explores this notion of power, playng with the human body, both male and female, often anatomically exaggerated and at its moment of most extreme operetic drama. Benaroya's images imbue the female figure with a physical, emotional, spiritual, and sexual power that is predominantly reserved for men.
Using the language of comics, caricature, and pop culture, she explores and expands the physical and emotional limits of her own body, noting that each body she depicts is an extension of her own. She is infuenced by images of bodybuilders, anatomy books, gig-posters, and artists such as Tom of Finland, Robert Colescott, the Chicago Imagists, as well as children’s artwork.