Nora Neagoe
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Nora Neagoe, 80s Inverted, 2022£ 950.00
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Nora Neagoe, Age of Surveillance, 2021£ 1,300.00
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Nora Neagoe, Better in Pink, 2021£ 1,100.00
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Nora Neagoe, Birthday Party, 2021£ 1,600.00
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Nora Neagoe, Pick Me, 2021£ 1,300.00
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Nora Neagoe, The Blues, 2022£ 950.00
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Nora Neagoe, The New Summer Collection, 2022£ 950.00
My practice revolves around the idea of beauty in social media. I focus on beauty standards in women, as they are the most affected by surveillance, control and invasion of privacy. I started this representation by thinking of fish eye views and peepholes. In the paintings, the heads are shown as bigger in the foreground and the bodies smaller in the background. Bringing discomfort to the viewer, the figures look innocent but also wanting the attention of the viewer, through warm and pastel colors, that represent the purity of the bodies. In my latest work, I am focusing more on the high heels and the legs of the women, as they are seen as the etiquette of femininity. The bodies look distorted, such as the filters on social media change the bodies, showing a different version of the person.
Thinking of desire and innocence, the women are shown as objects of observation but also them looking at each other and at the viewer, creating a sense of discomfort. For my latest paintings, I took inspiration from the fashion world and brands like Mugler and Balmain, with elements of futurism and sci-fi.
Thinking of stage and theatre, I made ceramic shoes, inspired by the Versace 80’s shoes, which represent a statement of the fashion scene and also of femininity, as presented by society. I added plinths with similar patterns like the shoes, so they match them perfectly.
Born 1997 in Romania
Lives & works in London, UK
EDUCATION
2022 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2019 BA Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA
2018 BA Painting, Tufts University, MA, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 What is Becoming Us, Rupturexibit Gallery, London, UK
Royal College of Art “Degree Show”, London, UK
Come One, Come All, The Function Suite Gallery, London, UK
2021 Coping in Colour, Rupturexibit Gallery, London, UK
WIP- Work in Progress Show – Royal College of Art, London, UK
2020 Feast: Holiday Now Digital Holiday Zine, London, UK
Colour Boom, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
Virtual Senior Capstone Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA, USA
2015 Fortezza da Basso (selected for the 10th Edition of the Florence Biennale), Florence, Italy