Pilar Corrias presents Villa Venus: The Garden, an exhibition of new paintings, sculpture and animation by Sofia Mitsola – the latest chapter in the artist’s ongoing series depicting a utopian, Cycladic island ruled by her female characters.
Using a saturated palette, Mitsola layers washes of vivid, unadulterated colour with large, immediate brushstrokes and thick impasto. In various states of repose, her protagonists inhabit palatial spaces with self-possession and ease, in turn demanding that the viewer reckon with their own gaze. Do these figures pose for our gratification or their own? Are their brazen stares invitations or predatory?