Tondo Folk Girls by Christine Finley
Robert Fontaine Gallery
2011
Sheet Size: 40 inches round inches
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Price on Application
2011
Sheet Size: 40 inches round inches
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Price on Application
From trash bins to the most elevated, hermetic imagery, C. Finley equates values of high culture with standardized, mundane objects in forms of independent, self-contained works and direct interventions into public space. Pointedly revealing a softened, feminine perspective from within and without, Finley’s practice revolves around an idea of beautification; a noble idea to magnify the visual aesthetics of the municipal realm, ultimately marred by its self-aware masking of more daunting socio-political dynamics that no amount of pretty paint or covering can change. Gleefully executed, but with a grounded understanding of the politics of the constructed image. Exercising gestures rooted in graffiti and street art.
