Lot
197
Study for Searching for a Heart of Gold
Graphite sur papier, 2017
40.64 x 50.8 cm
This piece aims to compare a real and implicit illusion. My work as a painter is interested in illusions, which I like to consider as a metaphor for desire. In this drawing, I highlight this idea with symbolic imagery intended to suggest clichéd images of beauty and the artist's hand.
Biographical note
Kristi Ropeleski is an artist based in Montreal, primarily working with painting. Her work explores questions related to representation, haptic experiences, and how they can shape our realities. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University and a Master of Visual Arts from York University. She is a recipient of grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts. She worked for several years in the commercial industry, designing prototype paintings for the interior decoration market under the pseudonym Mia Archer. She teaches painting and drawing at Dawson College.