{"id":283244,"date":"2025-11-25T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/283244\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T22:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:12:13","slug":"angela-ferraris-dramatic-paintings-tease-out-a-passionate-play-for-power-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/283244\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngela Ferrari’s Dramatic Paintings Tease Out a Passionate Play for Power \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aggression and struggles for power abound in the vivid paintings of \u00c1ngela Ferrari<\/a>. The Argentinian artist is keen to explore the limits and consequences of control through scenes rife with antagonism: dogs nip at each other, horses buck and bare their teeth, and birds lie lifeless. Evoking hunting paintings and masculine displays of pride for a kill, Ferrari\u2019s works consider the relationship between predator and prey.<\/p>\n

In her most recent body of work, They Shoot Horses, Don\u2019t They?, the artist extends her proclivity for teasing out the tension between life and death. There are tiny works with looser brushstrokes that zero in on singular moments of tension, while a spate of large pieces magnify several tussles with vivid details. <\/p>\n

\"a\u201cAurora IX\u201d (2024), oil on linen, 60 x 80 centimeters<\/p>\n

Paintings like \u201cAurora\u201d stretch nearly 12 feet wide and present a diverse group of fowl with various dispositions, all against a stunning mottled sky. Some creatures appear on the verge of an inevitable battle, while others have already succumbed or go about their lives seemingly unaffected.<\/p>\n

Sharing a partial title with the 2024 painting \u201cAurora IX,\u201d this expansive piece similarly brings together themes of decay and vitality through flowers and vibrant feathers falling to the earth after being plucked. Sensual fabrics and grand spaces complement Ferrari\u2019s rich color palette in several works and cement her self-described \u201cgrotesque-passionate baroque\u201d style. <\/p>\n

Whereas earlier paintings are set indoors, the pieces in They Shoot Horses, Don\u2019t They? are fully in the wild. This exhibition\u2014which shares a title with the 1969 Sydney Pollack film\u2014brings violence and suffering front and center, a stark contrast to its presence in the background or underfoot in historical genre paintings of hunts. In doing so, Ferrari highlights a ruthless nature in which vying for domination always begets drama. Rather than dismiss such displays of hostility as inevitable, she prompts an urgent investigation into what caused such a commotion in the first place.<\/p>\n

They Shoot Horses, Don\u2019t They? is on view through December 14 at Povos<\/a> in Chicago. Find more of Ferrari\u2019s work on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cThey shoot horses, don\u2019t they? II\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 450 x 155 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cDog\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 15 x 20 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"two\u201cHorse diptych no. 1 (1)\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 15 x 20 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cV\u00e9rtigo III\u201d (2024), oil on linen, 143 x 102 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"two\u201cHorse diptych no. 2. (2)\u201d (2025), oil on linen, 15 x 20 centimeters<\/p>\n

\"a\u201cV\u00e9rtigo\u201d (2024), oil on linen, 140 x 120 centimeters<\/p>\n

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