There is always a woman in the room who knows exactly what is happening. Deborah Azzopardi has been painting her for over forty years.
The Art of Attraction
Female desire has always been the most interesting thing in the room
Throughout her career, Azzopardi has been painting one subject: the woman who is composed, immaculate, and quietly on fire with something she has no intention of sharing.
Her visual language is unmistakably her own. Strong, defining lines. Bright, saturated colour. Red lipstick. A smile. Lashings of fun.
At first glance it is a pleasure — bright, witty, immediately seductive. And that is precisely the point. Wrapped inside the pleasure is the truth about female desire: the thrill of wanting, the joy, the vulnerability, the ridiculousness, and the pain. She just made sure it was beautiful enough that you might not notice immediately. And then you do.
Lichtenstein’s women are waiting, Azzopardi’s are doing the looking
Strong lines. Saturated colour. Red lipstick. A smile. One consistent question: are women the objects or desire, or have they always been its architects?
To own an Azzopardi is less about acquisition than recognition, the particular satisfaction of finding a painting that already knows something about you.
View originals and hand pulled limited silkscreen editions. Each hand signed by Deborah. Each with a story behind it.
To own one of these paintings is to choose what artwork you want looking back at you from your wall. That, it turns out, is not a small decision.
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