Three woman seated nude in kitchen chatting and gossiping late at night talking in a group of three

by MendyZ

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$8,850

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30.000 x 36.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

Three woman seated nude in kitchen chatting and gossiping late at night talking in a group of three

Artist

MendyZ

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

Description

When you see the impressionistic figures you initially notice the thick paint and loose brush strokes. But it captures you and holds you there with it's three nude female figures seated at the kitchen table gossiping late at night. Imagine the friendships between them. They must be all thinking similar things about one another. Their faces are expressive, but their bodies are not. And yet they have these complex relationships that can only happen when people come together in close proximity. It is as if they are sharing secrets. It's late at night in the kitchen and they all came down nude from their sleep. The closeness between them is cherished and platonic. They are friends that share everything. They chat about the past, and hope for the future. They continuously bring themselves closer with their nightly open conversation. It's a time of bonding and intimacy. Nothing is too intimate or embarrassing to say. These women know each other so well. They are like sisters, but very different than your typical sisterly bond.

They don't bother themselves with the details of clothing. It's a looseness that careers to their tongues releasing their daily bitterness. A time when the world feels like it is spinning out of control and nothing will ever make sense again. But then something happens. All the tension relaxes. There is an attraction of the minds. Alien and foreign. But, fostered with care. It's surreal and not what one expects in a world so figured on the physicality of things. But, by leaving that in the dark we get to watch them from afar and are welcomed into their conversations. Chatter about the world around them. Discussions of philosophy and ways to deal with the mundane of life. A sequence of events that these three nude females bring forth in their loose brush strokes in blue, black, umber and charcoal. Nationalities are blurred. Marriages a distant thought. They are present in the moment with their tea and cookies as the midnight bell tolls. A feminist touch. A cool nightly feeling of desaturated colors. The kitchen is awash in streaky chunks of thick paint. These are reminders to us all that life is not always about being tied together. That sometimes we need a break. To take a time-out and realize how good it is to be free in our own skin.

I would like to draw attention to the painting, "Three Nude Women Chatting," because it shows that despite what we think, not everyone is looking for the same thing in a relationship. One might want to have children. Another wants to travel the world. Or maybe they just want to eat whatever they feel like. My point is that we shouldn't assume that someone is going to fall in love with you simply because you are beautiful.

Aesthetic Motive: The aesthetic motive is the first and most fundamental of the motives for aesthetics. It refers to the pleasure and beauty that we derive from something as a whole. In this loose painting we must adhere to the adage "less is more." The basic shapes are here, but the details are limited. This allows the viewer to fill in the gaps with their imagination. We are presented with a setting of three women chatting, nude, in a kitchen. What else is going on here in the subtext of the art. Is it just a night of bonding? Are they doing drugs? Are they having sex? Who knows, but we are invited to participate in their shared secret. Their shared desires. This slow moment of solitude alongside them. Their intimate dialogue. The mood is somber and reminiscent of times gone by. Like the end of a long day and the beginning of many more to come.

Emotional Motive: The emotional motive is the second and most fundamental of the motives for aesthetics. It refers to the experience of the emotions that we go through when we are exposed to something as a whole. What do we feel when cohesively looking at the three woman chatting at the kitchen table? Do we feel elated at the prospect of endless possibilities? Or are we saddened by the loss of innocence? Perhaps we feel both. Is it a premonition of what is to come as we age and mature? What will happen as the night matches onward? To them? To us? Will anything ever change? To them? To us?

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July 8th, 2022

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