series designation: the original. (index)
title: rococo pink madonna
medium: oil pastel over acrylic on canvas
dimensions: forthcoming
year: 2019.
status: sold.

archival record:
reclining female figure. blue-green chromatic rendering against total pink saturation. left hand raised holding floral cluster. direct outward gaze. pink tufted chaise. interior domestic setting. pink curtains. pink cloud exterior visible through windows. classical venus de milo bust on dresser. picasso. two women running on the beach. 1922. framed on rear wall. inverted. submerged in magenta field. framed madonna portrait within painting. decorative floral vase. white floor lamp. snake plant. pink floral arrangements throughout. wine glass. fruit cluster. book. the interior has been submerged entirely in a single chromatic field. the figure refuses it.

chromatic inventory:
total magenta and pink saturation across interior, furniture, curtains, exterior, and sky. figure rendered in opposing blue-green against full pink environment. chromatic conflict is the primary structural argument. no naturalistic flesh. no neutral surfaces. no tonal escape. the figure is the only object in the painting that does not comply. chromatic correction applied in full.

the figure was not constructed. the figure was encountered. the painting is the record of that encounter.

filed under:
rogue colorist. the original. contemporary figurative painting. chromatic gender critique. chromatic subversion. rococo precedent. boucher idealization. madonna iconography. venus de milo. interior figure. chromatic saturation. monochromatic field. picasso precedent. foundational record.