Name/Title
Spectator 3Entry/Object ID
2024.11Description
Woman sipping from a martini glass and spraying her face with “evian Facial Spray”. She is wearing a striped shirt that says “Rose all day” and a hat that says “CIAO”. The background is outlines of trees.
Her eyelashes and nose are three-dimensional, coming off the painting from clumps of paint.
Various shades of Red and OrangeContext
"The idea behind all of the spectators is that I wanted to paint the viewer, someone looking at the subjects in the larger paintings (which of course also represents what it feels like to have people look at my paintings in general--an incredibly personal process and dialogue observed and scrutinized). In all of the portraits I wanted to find a place between fan and critic. Since the same idea applies to all of them, I have a lot of freedom in the construct of each portrait. I wanted Spectator 3 to be outdoors in warm weather (it was so hot in the studio when I started this painting, I wanted it to feel like it was sweating--lots of wet-on-wet direct painting) so I began by covering the canvas in a rose wine color and developed the portrait from there. She came across a bit stuck up to me, so I found myself building up her nose in the air to introduce some crudeness to her otherwise seemingly put together persona. I really see the Spectators as an ongoing series that will continue to accompany my larger paintings for a long time."
– Celeste Rapone (Artist)Acquisition
Accession
2024.11Source or Donor
Corbett vs Dempsey GalleryAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Courtesy of the artistMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Celeste RaponeRole
PainterDate made
2024Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
figurative art, art genresHierarchy Name
Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)Facet
Associated Concepts FacetLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Anxiety, Art critics