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THIS POWERFUL NEW COLLECTION BEARS ALL THE HALLMARKS THAT
HAVE BUILT JACK VETTRIANO’S FORMIDABLE REPUTATION - AN ALMOST
AGGRESSIVE BOLDNESS OF STYLE TEMPERED WITH NOSTALGIC CHARM,
MORAL AMBIGUITY AND COMPOSITIONAL BRILLIANCE.
THE ARTIST TAKES US ON A JOURNEY FROM THE CINEMATIC DRAMA
OF FETISH IN WHICH WE SEE HIS DARKER SIDE, TO THE RESTRAINED
ELEGANCE OF THE CONTEMPLATION SERIES. AS WITH ALMOST ALL OF
HIS WORK, WOMEN, IN THEIR MANY GUISES, ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE
COLLECTION, CHOOSING HOW MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO REVEAL AND
HOW MUCH TO KEEP HIDDEN, AND DARING US TO JUDGE THEM.
“AN ARTIST HAS TO HAVE INTEGRITY; THE WORK HAS TO COME FROM
THE HEART. I REALISED THAT THE THINGS THAT MOVED ME HAD BEEN IN
FRONT OF ME ALL MY LIFE….WOMEN.”
JACK VETTRIANO