Currently on view at Dorothy Circus’ recently opened London space, Pale Moonlight Muses presents a series of sensuous portraits by leading street artist Miss Van. The paintings are smaller and more intimate than those which we have become accustomed to seeing from the Toulouse-native. The seductive finish to the paintings and the blue velveteen walls on which they are hung have the effect of physically drawing the viewer in closer to the works which, in turn, triggers a heightened emotional response and connection. The canvases range in tone from Pale Moonlight Muse V, whose heavily rouged cheeks and intense blue backdrop exudes a sense of illicit bohemia, to Pale Moonlight Muse III, whose porcelain complexion and refined features are reminiscent of the harmonious nature of Botticelli‘s earlier paintings.
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