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Katherine Bernhardt — Lisa Simpson, watermelon, cantelope, cigarettes, and chapstick
Katherine Bernhardt

Lisa Simpson, watermelon, cantelope, cigarettes, and chapstick

2016

Katherine Bernhardt's painting combines pop culture imagery with everyday consumer objects, merging the animated figure of Lisa Simpson with mundane items like watermelon, cantaloupe, cigarettes, and chapstick in a vibrant composition. Working in acrylic and spray paint on canvas, Bernhardt employs bold colors and gestural mark making that reflect her engagement with contemporary consumer culture and cartoon aesthetics. The work exemplifies her practice of collaging recognizable cultural references and commercial products into energetic, large scale paintings that blur the boundaries between high art and popular imagery.

Medium
acrylic and spray paint on canvas

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Katherine Bernhardt, Lisa Simpson, watermelon, cantelope, cigarettes, and chapstick, 2016

Katherine Bernhardt's painting combines pop culture imagery with everyday consumer objects, merging the animated figure of Lisa Simpson with mundane items like watermelon, cantaloupe, cigarettes, and chapstick in a vibrant composition. Working in acrylic and spray paint on canvas, Bernhardt employs bold colors and gestural mark making that reflect her engagement with contemporary consumer culture and cartoon aesthetics. The work exemplifies her practice of collaging recognizable cultural references and commercial products into energetic, large scale paintings that blur the boundaries between high art and popular imagery.

Medium
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Year
2016
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Consumer Culture, American Artist, Pop Art, 21st Century, Large Scale Canvas, Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Art, Vibrant and playful, Cartoon Iconography, Still life composition

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