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ReviewSeptember 19, 2007Sensationalist painter Stella Vine's first major solo exhibition in the UK consists of over 100 paintings from her meteoric — and controversial — career. Two of her most inflammatory works appear on loan from Charles Saatchi: the bloodied-mouth portrait of schoolgirl heroin victim Rachel Whitear and Hi Paul Can You Come Over... , a crude depiction of a frightened Princess Diana. Much of Vine's work appears to collude with the cult of celebrity, yet, by breaking down their perfect facades with her brightly colored and unstudied style, Vine lambastes the idolatry surrounding these societal figureheads. Alongside contentious, media-conscious works are more personal self-portraits and images of her family, though it's Vine's wry images of celebrities like Kate Moss and Nigella Lawson that really succeed. -JC |
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