Arianna Tamaddon at Art Ventures Gallery

"Covet - Trophies in an Age of Artifice" - Arianna Tamaddon creates photorealistic oil paintings that decry the dynamic of power, femininity, and impermanence within our superficial and unfortunately consumer-driven world.

The visual theme she uses to depict this is the imposition of an external force, not the subject - mostly plainly expressed through the intersection of organic and inorganic surfaces. These external forces attempt to distort, elevate, or preserve the appearance of each paintings´ subject.