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28 March 2011

“Characterized” is Maria Torp’s second solo exhibition in the gallery – Private view April 1th

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The paintings in Maria Torp’s exhibition are based on drawings, which she translates to photos, which she translates to painting – a process that both integrates and resolves the weight of the superrealistic style of painting and makes the experimental features more visible. For Maria Torp, drawing is where she lets go of control, parks the mind and lets the ink flow. This results in a large quantity of drawings, that in action, mood or gesture refers to a person’s character, story or situation. Subequently, she stages the selected individuals and photographs them, from which she replicates their portraits in her interprative paintings of personal characters.