The Famous Series, Part 1 (2013)

or The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively

exhibited at Silas von Morisse Gallery, New York, NY

The series of works, The Famous Series, Part 1 (2013) or The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively, deals with the psychology of celebrity, the illusion of realism in painting and its relationship to photography.

Von Morisse painted a black and white portrait of someone famous, gave it a "photo" look, so you think you are looking at a 'photographic' image of the actual person. Then, he uses the medium of painting without breaking the "photo illusion". On the painting he draws a symbol. The symbol has to relate to the celebrity most recognizable achievement. The result is a complete contradiction of form and space between the realistic image and the symbol. The illusion of reality in painting is like the illusion of objectivity in the real world. Just like meeting someone objectively, without the filter of who we are is impossible.

ANDRE VON MORISSE


Meeting Andy Warhol (The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively), The Famous Series, Part 1, 2013

Oil on canvas
24h x 22w in. (60.96h x 55.88w cm)
AVM012

ANDRE VON MORISSE


Meeting Albert Einstein (The Inability of Meeting Someone Famous Objectively), The Famous Series, Part 1, 2013

Oil on canvas
24h x 22w in. (60.96h x 55.88w cm)
AVM011

2017 Private Collection, USA