Sofia Mitsola
Spoilt, 2020
Oil on canvas
85 x 110 cm
33 1/2 x 43 1/4 in
33 1/2 x 43 1/4 in
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Sofia Mitsola works primarily with paintings in which she investigates the female form. Her invented characters are informed by ancient Greek and Egyptian sculptures of goddesses or mythical creatures. In...
Sofia Mitsola works primarily with paintings in which she investigates the female form. Her invented characters are informed by ancient Greek and Egyptian sculptures of goddesses or mythical creatures. In Spoilt, Mitsola’s figure is set in a geometric background with intensely bright red colour. The figure is depicted undressed and larger than humanscale. Through the character in Spoilt, Mitsola is playing with ideas about voyeurism, confrontation, and power. The nude figure exposes her vulnerability to the viewer whilst inviting them to engage in a flirtatious game of looking and being looked at. Mitsola is inspired by the literature of writer Vladmir Nabokov and works through the process of painting similarly to how a writer composes a novel. Inventing a story, the place and the characters.