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Rebecca Parkin, Spearmint Nympho, 2018

Rebecca Parkin

Spearmint Nympho, 2018
Pastel on paper
87 x 67 cm
34 1/4 x 26 3/8 in
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Many feminine figures from mythology, fantasy and fairy tale have inspired this fictional portrait. Magic, mischief and malevolence usually accompany depictions of green skinned women from the Orion Slave Girls...
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Many feminine figures from mythology, fantasy and fairy tale have inspired this fictional portrait. Magic, mischief and malevolence usually accompany depictions of green skinned women from the Orion Slave Girls to the Wicked Witch of the West. Spearmint Nympho revels in these aspects playing with the pantomimic attributes associated with characters from these fantasy realms. Her performative acting out through cosplay and grease-paint evokes both stories from age old myth and popular contemporary culture, and blends together polar archetypes of the witch, the harlot and the princess.
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