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Angela Dufresne — Hail Satan
Angela Dufresne

Hail Satan

2017

A compact yet commanding oil on canvas, "Hail Satan" (2017) channels Angela Dufresne's signature fearlessness into a concentrated field of gesture, color, and psychological charge. At 33 × 25.4 cm, the work operates with the intensity of something much larger, demonstrating how Dufresne transforms modest scale into a stage for confrontational imagery and painterly abandon. Her handling of oil is characteristically loose and assured, with passages of brushwork that feel simultaneously spontaneous and deeply considered, layering ambiguity into a title that provokes while the surface seduces. Dufresne has long engaged with art history, cinema, queerness, and countercultural mythology as generative material, and this painting carries that irreverence with wit rather than aggression. The invocation of Satanic iconography through her lens reads less as transgression for its own sake and more as a reclamation of the outsider, the misunderstood, and the gleefully subversive. Her figures and forms exist in a space between narrative and abstraction, allowing viewers to enter the work at their own threshold of comfort or curiosity. Signed by the artist and currently available through Anat Ebgi, "Hail Satan" represents Dufresne at her most distilled. Collectors drawn to painting that carries genuine conceptual weight without sacrificing sensory pleasure will find in this work a piece that rewards sustained attention. The unframed presentation offers flexibility, inviting the collector to make choices that extend the painting's conversation with its eventual environment.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Anat Ebgi, New York, NY

For Sale — $3000

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Angela Dufresne, Hail Satan, 2017

A compact yet commanding oil on canvas, "Hail Satan" (2017) channels Angela Dufresne's signature fearlessness into a concentrated field of gesture, color, and psychological charge. At 33 × 25.4 cm, the work operates with the intensity of something much larger, demonstrating how Dufresne transforms modest scale into a stage for confrontational imagery and painterly abandon. Her handling of oil is characteristically loose and assured, with passages of brushwork that feel simultaneously spontaneous and deeply considered, layering ambiguity into a title that provokes while the surface seduces. Dufresne has long engaged with art history, cinema, queerness, and countercultural mythology as generative material, and this painting carries that irreverence with wit rather than aggression. The invocation of Satanic iconography through her lens reads less as transgression for its own sake and more as a reclamation of the outsider, the misunderstood, and the gleefully subversive. Her figures and forms exist in a space between narrative and abstraction, allowing viewers to enter the work at their own threshold of comfort or curiosity. Signed by the artist and currently available through Anat Ebgi, "Hail Satan" represents Dufresne at her most distilled. Collectors drawn to painting that carries genuine conceptual weight without sacrificing sensory pleasure will find in this work a piece that rewards sustained attention. The unframed presentation offers flexibility, inviting the collector to make choices that extend the painting's conversation with its eventual environment.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 33 x 25.4 cm
Year
2017
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Anat Ebgi, New York, NY

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Gavin Kennedy