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Jun 28

Reclaiming the Image of a Female Body - In Conversation With @nana_delriego by @wdwlls

This objectification of women by advertisement agencies, tabloids, and social media is at the heart of Nana Del Riego's work. Represented by Imitate Modern in the UK, the up-and-coming Cuban photographer delivers a critical look at everything that is wrong with how images of the female body are used. Her digital self-portraits and shots of models, at first glance, possess all the hallmark of glamour and fame that sells the idea of good living. Yet, it is all an illusion as the struggle between perfection and striving to achieve it becomes glaringly evident in her work.

In an exclusive Widewalls interview, Riego talks about her longing for aesthetics growing up in Cuba, discovering photography, her stylistic choices, theatrical aspects of her work, and much more…

Read the full article now, link in bio 🔗

#nanadelriego #imitatemodern #widewalls

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Jun 26

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Jun 23

@nana_delriego references photographic giants such as Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle, Alexander McQueen in addition to the influence received from social networks, which are endless galleries of human behavior. Working mostly with self-portraits, her photography works the presence of the female body.

Nana del Riego is a photographer born in 1996 in Havana, Cuba. Educated at the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro and the University of Fine with distinction in Cuba, she is now living in Mexico City. Although her background is in painting, she has transitioned into the field of digital photographer, preferring the immediacy and “reality” in it that echoes line with current times, where photography appears as king of social networks, advertisements, magazines, tabloids, etc.

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Artwork details:
Made to Fade, 2021
Inkjet print
39 × 30 in
99.1 × 76.2 cm

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#imitatemodern #nanadelriego #femalephotographer #cindysherman #annieliebovitz #davidlachapelle #alexandermcqueen #photography #photographer #photographylovers #womenartist #womenartistsofinstagram #womenartists #femaleartists #feministart #portraitphotography

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Jun 21

Henry Hate is a London based visual artist & tattoo artist whom works from both his tattoo studio Prick in Shoreditch East London est. 2003.

Viewing the world at large with a mixture of classic art, pop art, and contemporary urban art, his subjects range from religion, sexuality, identity, appropriation and iconoclasm from the outside perspective. His use of bold bright colours, grapple with a world engulfed by mass consumerism, human taboos, the misconceptions of the marginalised and the viciousness of mankind’s pursuit of power.

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Artwork details:
@sirhenryhate
Femmes Fate to Fatal, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in
80 × 80 cm

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#henryhate #sirhenryhate #imitatemodern

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Jun 19

Tyler Shields (b.1982) has made a name for himself as one of the most celebrated Fine Art photographers. Even before the world knew Shields as the photographic provocateur he is today, he lived a life as complex and diverse as his pictures.

Internationally, his exhibitions attract record-breaking attendance, while his limited edition prints are some of the most sought after images in the world. In his ten-year career Shields has photographed all manner of celebrity-- Hollywood legends like Bruce Willis to tech giants like Elon Musk. Shields’ earliest work chronicles young Hollywood glitterati doing what every magazine told him could not be done, such as Lindsey Lohan running wild through Los Angeles and Emma Roberts jumping off of buildings.

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Artwork details:
Tyler Shields
Kodachrome Dream (2022)
Chromogenic print on Kodak Endura 81.3 x 101.6cm / 32 x 40 inches Edition of 3

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Jun 17

Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.

The starting point is a makeup brush and a lipstick. She paints the models’ lips, then, using tricks and techniques of makeup and lighting, she begins the process of creating the perfect lips. She asks the model, to express different emotions which she captures photographically. Using these shots as inspiration she begins the artwork. The painting process involves several layers of thin oil-diluted paint being overlaid, blending and smoothing the colours extensively at every stage, sometimes also mixing lipstick into the paint.

Emulating the stylistic slickness of advertising, the result is glossy, perfect and irresistible.

Artwork details:
Sarah Pope
Candy Darling (Neon Red) (2020)
Archival Inkjet with one colour, one layer varnish, and diamond dust. Screen print overlays on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330gsm paper
Edition of 25
Framing: 31 7/10 × 31 1/2 in 80.5 × 80 cm

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Jun 13

Get to know … @romerobritto

Romero Britto (B. 1963) is known for creating alternative pieces using many different mediums, including painting, sculpting and graffiti. His work is easily recognisable for his bold use of vibrant colours and bold brush strokes. The Romero Britto artworks often convey a sense of hope, happiness and wonder. Many of his works also have a theme of love or childhood joy.

Britto has evolved as an artist throughout his long-standing career, and now he has become one of the most famous alternative artists in the world. He was able to show his art publicly for the first time when he was just 14 years old. When this happened, he soon found himself travelling from Brazil to the United States to be a part of the pop art scene that was gaining traction in the Western world.

If you have any more questions about Romero or his work, please do not hesitate to contact our helpful and friendly team at the Imitate Modern gallery of London.

#romerobritto #imitatemodern

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Jun 8

Get to know … @kolodny_

Emerging with a highly sought after, provocative series of the year Shawn Kolodny’s gives you something to talk about. Drawing from a life spent amongst substance, addiction and materialism, as the owner and operator of New York City’s most prominent nightclubs, he has been both the observer and the subject. For Kolodny, addiction is a pathological relationship in which things replace self.

Kolodny’s work confronts the infinite cycle of fake fulfillment shaped by modern society’s addiction to ego, using the most sought-after brands and the most addictive drugs as a visual medium.

Shawn Kolodny (born 1971) is an American artist, living and working in Manhattan, New York and Miami, Florida. Kolodny received his Bachelor of Industrial Design from Syracuse University in 1994 and his MBA from Stern School of Business in 2010.

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Artwork details:
Shawn Kolodny
Daily Dose of Chanel (Yellow, Orange, Red)(2018)
Acrylic on Paper
20 x 26 inches (50 x 66 cm)
Edition: 15

#shawnkolodny #shawnkolodnystudio #imitatemodern

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Jun 7

Get to know … @terebomba

Teresa Escobar is a neon artist originally from Mexico, She moved to New York in May 2012. In 2015 Escobar signed up for a neon workshop at "Brooklyn Glass" and she has been learning the glass bending and neon art since, there, she found a way to express herself.

She understands glass as a fragile, manageable yet powerful and sensual medium. Teresa enjoys the process of how to bring her visions to life based on her emotions and life experience, she is also an Ocean and beach lover so some of her work is being installed at the beach, where she gets to admire the movement of the waves, the colors of the sky and capture them as a background for her light sculptures. She also creates female breasts that represent women and expresses the variety, uniqueness and beauty of them all. Although boobs are similar, none of the shape and colors are ever the same and she celebrates that.

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#teresaescobar #imitatemodern #rockawaybeach #neon #neonart

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Jun 5

Get to know … @nana_delriego 🌸🌸🌸

Nana del Riego is a photographer born in 1996 in Havana, Cuba. Educated at the National Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro and the University of Fine with distinction in Cuba, she is now living in Mexico City. Although her background is in painting, she has transitioned into the field of digital photographer, preferring the immediacy and “reality” in it that echoes line with current times, where photography appears as king of social networks, advertisements, magazines, tabloids, etc.

Referencing Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle, Alexander McQueen in addition to the influence received from social networks, which are endless galleries of human behavior. Working mostly with self-portraits, her photography works the presence of the female body.

DM us for available works

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Artwork details:

Eden, 2021
Inkjet Print
31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in
80 × 80 cm

Eden II, 2021
Inkjet Print
31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in
80 × 80 cm

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#imitatemodern #nanadelriego #femalephotographer #cindysherman #annieliebovitz #davidlachapelle #alexandermcqueen #photography #photographer #photographylovers #womenartist #womenartistsofinstagram #womenartists #femaleartists #feministart #portraitphotography

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Jun 3

Wishing you a wonderful Jubilee weekend from all of us here at @imitatemodern

Featuring punk-inspired imagery emblazoned with neon, vintage memorabilia and song lyrics, @mark_illuminati (aka. Illuminati Neon) original artworks have commanded the attention of the art world. In 2019, he was showcased at the prestigious @saatchi_gallery for their @startartfair , which features some of the best emerging global talent.

In 2020, Mark was featured by the press when his punk portrait of Queen Elizabeth II received the royal approval from none other than the Queen herself! The matriarch is said to have enjoyed the artwork, but requested that her ‘Philip’ heart tattoo be changed to the royal crest – and Mark dutifully obliged. He says: “Allegedly, she burst out laughing but requested that it be changed so that it matched her bathrobes and slippers.”

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Artwork details:

Punk Queen (Blue), 2020
Giclee print, hand embellished with jewels
Comes framed in a gold frame.
Farming: 60 x 40cm. Edition of 25.

#imitatemodern #illuminatineon #jubilee #jubileeweekend #jubileeparty #jubileedecorations #jubileecelebration

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Jun 1

Get to know … Daniel Sachon

Born in 1995, Daniel Sachon is a British image maker and creative director.

Daniel’s multi disciplinary approach to his practice celebrates how a narrative is created art historically; the beauty and allure of fashion, and the psychological formation of advertising campaigns designed to subliminally inform our lives.

In the construction of his compositions, a considered approach and understanding of mis-en-scene allows Daniel to unlock our collective cultural consciousness. Referencing the aestheticized eras of the late 20th century, Daniel deconstructs fundamental elements of the image making process to engineer work that evokes a sense of timelessness and engages the familiarity of ‘golden age’ nostalgia.

Daniels interplay with these visual indicators points to the journey photography has taken to arrive at this point today; Photography as a medium, the image maker as the director, its role in the synergetic relationship of art and commerce, and how this has affected and continues to affect our fluid cultural consciousness.

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Artwork details:
Daniel Sachon
Cool Off (2017)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
37 x 22 in

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#danielsachon #imitatemodern #photography #britishphotography

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May 30

Get to know … @henryhatefineart

Henry Hate is a London based visual artist & tattoo artist whom works from both his tattoo studio Prick in Shoreditch East London est. 2003.

Viewing the world at large with a mixture of classic art, pop art, and contemporary urban art, his subjects range from religion, sexuality, identity, appropriation and iconoclasm from the outside perspective. His use of bold bright colours, grapple with a world engulfed by mass consumerism, human taboos, the misconceptions of the marginalised and the viciousness of mankind’s pursuit of power.

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Artwork details:
Henry Hate
Creating Venus (2017)
Limited edition Print

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#henryhate #sirhenryhate #imitatemodern

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May 28

Get to know …@dimitrilikissas 💥💥💥

Dimitri Likissas’ work stems from a long tradition of using distinct dots of color in art, which the viewer’s mind blends together to create the final image. Playing with chromatic tonality and the dissection of visual planes, Dimitri creates works that seem to move and undulate within the canvas as if attempting to escape their two dimensional confines. While the dots work together in harmony to create the image, their circular nature acts in opposition to his square or rectangular canvases, reminding us of the basic elements of life and how atoms are in a constant movement – propelling against each other – creating matter itself.

Having studied the works of the original Pointillist masters, such as Georges Seurat and Henri Edmond-Cross, as well as pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring, Likissas gives us a fresh interpretation on the usage of dots in painting.

While having been painting and experimenting with dots and color for over 20 years, his body of work has maintained the same technical and stylistic approach over all these years while the content has developed as he has moved through different countries and life events.

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Artwork details:
Dimitri Likissas
Skull in Blue, 2019
Oil on Canvas
39 2/5 × 47 1/5 in / 100 × 120 cm

#dmitrilikissas #imitatemodern #pointillism #popart #pop #kusama #keithharing #seurat #georgesseurat #lichtenstein #Henriedmondcross #roylichtenstein #abstractminimalism #abstractart #skull #skullart

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May 26

Get to know … @lucwaring 🔥

British artist Luc Waring, formerly known as Artmani, is recognised for elegantly playing with our obsession with branding, advertisement and consumerism. He explores the trends and pressures adopted by our modern society, whilst satirically examining the mechanics of capitalism and so-called ‘democracy’. This depth, and move from a focus on the ‘craft’ came about when Waring explored the notion of identity. He sees this as a turning point for him as an artist, from being concerned with aesthetics to a new awareness of the socio-political concepts that his artwork portrays today.

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Artwork details:
Luc Waring
Fairplay Is Your Dior (Pinstripe Diptych), 2016
Industrial paint, oil paint, oil stick and aerosol on canvas
51 1/5 × 133 9/10 in / 130 × 340 cm

#imitatemodern #lucwaring

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May 22

Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial images and surrealistic portraits contain a penchant for explosive color and violent overtones.
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Artwork details:
Tyler Shields
Contemplation (2014)
Chromogenic print on Kodak Endura 76.2 × 57.2 cm / 30 × 22 1/2 in
Edition of 3

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#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography #photolondon #photolondonfair #photolondon2022 @thetylershields

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May 20

Tyler Shields catalogue by @studiopeppa

Come and see work by Tyler Shields at our pop up location in Shepherds Market!

We’re open 10am - 5pm today and 11am - 5pm on Saturday
19 Shepherd Market W1J 7PN

Tyler Shields (b.1982) has made a name for himself as one of the most celebrated Fine Art photographers. Even before the world knew Shields as the photographic provocateur he is today, he lived a life as complex and diverse as his pictures

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#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography @thetylershields

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May 18

Come and visit us at our pop-up location in Mayfair where we are showing works by Tyler Shields

We’re open 10am - 5pm today until Friday and 11am - 5pm on Saturday

19 Shepherd Market W1J 7PN

Tyler Shields (b.1982) has made a name for himself as one of the most celebrated Fine Art photographers. Even before the world knew Shields as the photographic provocateur he is today, he lived a life as complex and diverse as his pictures.

As a child growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Shields became a professional in-line skater –going on to compete in the X Games and win the World Championship. At an early age, Shields became accustomed to the unwavering dedication that it takes to reach success. For those who follow Shields closely, it has come as no surprise that shortly after starting his photography career, Shields became the youngest living artist to be in auction at Sotheby’s. Countless auctions later Sotheby’s dubbed him “...the Andy Warhol of his generation.” Stating: “Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies and cinematographic practice”.
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#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography #photolondon #photolondonfair #photolondon2022 @thetylershields

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May 15

Thank you to everyone who visited us at @photolondon! We loved seeing how much all of you enjoyed the works of @thetylershields - see you again next year

Tyler Shields (b.1982) has made a name for himself as one of the most celebrated Fine Art photographers. Even before the world knew Shields as the photographic provocateur he is today, he lived a life as complex and diverse as his pictures.

As a child growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Shields became a professional in-line skater –going on to compete in the X Games and win the World Championship. At an early age, Shields became accustomed to the unwavering dedication that it takes to reach success. For those who follow Shields closely, it has come as no surprise that shortly after starting his photography career, Shields became the youngest living artist to be in auction at Sotheby’s. Countless auctions later Sotheby’s dubbed him “...the Andy Warhol of his generation.” Stating: “Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies and cinematographic practice”.

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Artwork details:
Tyler Shields
The Two Swans (2022)
Chromogenic print on Kodak Endura
76.2 × 57.2 cm / 30 × 22 1/2 in

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#tylershields #tylershieldsphotography #photolondon #photolondonfair #photolondon2022 @thetylershields

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