The Silence Behind Her, 2024
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30.7087in x 40.9449in | 78.0cm x 104.0cm
32.8in x 42.5in | 83.31cm x 107.95cm
Acrylic
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A hand-signed acrylic on canvas original by James Francis Gill.
Pop Art pioneer James Francis Gill explores femininity through the shifting, fluid lens of water in this markedly intimate and expressive series. Transcending mere representation, this artwork is a personal and poetic exploration of emotion, identity and the universal human connection with nature.
Employing horizontal layering – a classic compositional structure deeply rooted in art history – Gill dissolves boundaries, merging body and nature into a single landscape. The pool water, streaked with the woman’s reflection, blends into the open sea, moving into the pastel, immaterial sky.
Immersing us in his visual language, Gill succeeds in creating a quiet, poetic reflection on human in-betweenness, opening a space beyond time and space.
Find out more about the Women in Water collection here.
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James Francis Gill
When Pop Art exploded in the USA in the 1960s, the art world changed forever. At the forefront of the movement was James Francis Gill, a Texas-born architectural designer who would go on to count Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, and Andy Warhol amongst his peers. Famously, he stepped away from his celebrity in the early 1970s (although continued painting), but the Pop Art pioneer was rediscovered in the 1990s, and was warmly received by both galleries and private collectors.
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