CLIVE SMITH (1967, United Kingdom). "Joseph, 2003. Oil on canvas. Features a Marlborough New York gallery label. Signed and titled on the back. M

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  CLIVE SMITH (1967, United Kingdom). "Joseph, 2003. Oil on canvas. Features a Marlborough New York gallery label. Signed and titled on the back. Measurements: 305 x 114,3 cm. Clive Smith is a British painter based in New York. He graduated from Kingston University in 1988 and the same year he moved to New York. There he studied drawing at the Art Students League between 1995 and 1997. In 1998 and 1999 he received the first prize of the BP Portrait Award from the National Portrait Gallery in London. His solo exhibitions were held at the Marlborough Gallery in New York and Madrid, Marc Straus Gallery and Galerie DeBellefeuille in Montreal. His works can be found in collections such as the National Gallery of London, Cleveland Museum of Art or Frissiras Museum of Contemporary Art among others. This piece belongs to the series "Different but the Same", which began in the early 2000s. In it, through a hyperrealist language, typical of his work, Smith reflects on the complex theme of the relationship that develops between the artist, his model, and the painted subject, and the viewer. At first glance all the images in this series, comprised of portraits and nudes, both male and female, are very repetitive and static, but at the same time they convey the character and ephemeral emotion of each character. What is most appealing about this grandiose canvas is the absolute directness, confidence, and almost meditative state of the young man named Joseph, which is reinforced by the whiteness of this infinite space of the canvas. The anatomical detail of the character is highlighted by a butterfly tattoo, a symbol of evolution and metamorphosis. The series "Different but the Same", to which this auctioned work belongs, invites the viewer to an open, uncensored dialogue, as Clive Smith asks questions about the limits of intimacy, time, and the relativity of what we perceive with our gaze.
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