Blind Image # 92
Artist
João Louro
(Lisbon, Portugal, born 1963)
AssociatedAssociated with
Paris Hilton
(New York City, New York, USA, born 1981)
Date2005
Mediumacrylic and graphite under plexiglas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions200 x 299.7cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 2006 with assistance from the National Collecting Scheme for Scotland and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Copyright© João Louro (2006)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG014404
About MeJoão Louro's 'Blind Images' are a series of monochromatic canvases. The text caption or subtitle may identify the work as a still from a film or an image from a magazine or newspaper but in reality there is no image, just an expanse of flat colour with text underneath. Whatever the media source, the textual quotation offers the spectator a familiar frame of reference. Sometimes the text invokes a celebrity but it might just as easily reference an event; in Louro's elegiac twin towers paintings the over used and unpalatable images of the disaster are replaced by an expanse of black acrylic. In this example, Blind Image No 92, the media starlet Paris Hilton is the point of reference and we can suppose that the text caption is taken from a celebrity magazine.The monochromatic canvas - superimposed with highly reflective perspex - behaves like a mirror and draws the viewer and immediate surroundings into the construct of the work. Louro cultivates this accidental effect. The glossy precision and quality of finish suggest an affinity with contemporary styling. Advertising and signage, the polish of designer living and the superficial glamour of celebrity have all informed Louro's art.
For more information on how this work was acquired see http://www.ncsscotland.org.uk/collections
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