Those red hot polka dots… one, two, three.
She’s teasing me… “Let’s talk”, she says “Almost ready”, she says
The anticipation… four… expectation… five… exhilaration… six…
Oh but the guilt! Need I consider the implications?
Deliberately stalling… seven… primping and preening… eight…
With the suspension of a stocking and the quiver of a thigh… nine…
I know she’s Trouble…. I can’t wait… is it time?
Text by Millie Print @printmillie – Masters of History of Art, University College London
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The ‘Artist Edition’ of the ‘SSHH’ Coffee Table Book - showcasing Azzopardi’s work and featuring more than 100 of her celebrated images - is now available and suitable for everyone! The book has an introduction by art critic, historian and journalist #EstelleLovatt FRSA @estellelovatt and #AngusGranlund, from #Christie’s @christiesinc, London.
At your request, Deborah Azzopardi will personalise the book to whoever you want it addressed to, on the inside front cover. 👉Please follow the link in the bio to purchase the book: https://deborahazzopardi.co.uk/the-book/👈 .
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How does Azzopardi choose her topics? “I don’t choose them,” she says. “Really they choose me. I am inspired by everything I see and hear.” There’s plenty of art historical references from Dali’s frivolous daydreaming joy to Michelangelo’s abandonment of sexual fantasy; with Brancussi’s physical, bodily, dynamics through to Manet’s suggestive ‘Olympia’; Boucher’s thought-provoking, and groin-stimulating, ‘Louise O’Murphy’; Fragonard’s frivolous, knickerless, ‘The Swing’; and Courbet’s glowing ‘The Origin of the World’. But, coming from the male artist, you’d notice art history tends to sexualise art for the male patron because it’s been created by a man. Azzopardi does it her way, not in a vulgar way, through a Graphic-Figurativism that liberates women a step further than Gauguin liberated the girl with Primivitism. Further, Azzopardi is seductive with a non-threatening touch – it is fantasy, in a non-threatening way, like being comfortable with your G.B.F. (Gay Best Friend) discussing your bra size.
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Extract from the foreword to @deborahazzopardi's Book 'SSHH...' by @estellelovatt . . 👉
The ‘Artist Edition’ of the ‘SSHH’ Coffee Table Book, is now available and suitable for everyone! At your request, Deborah Azzopardi will personalise the book to whoever you want it addressed to, on the inside front cover.
To purchase, see link in Instagram bio: https://deborahazzopardi.co.uk/the-book/ 👈
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“Sometimes you just want to curl up under a blanket. With a good book. A piece of chocolate. A man.
This is what Deborah Azzopardi’s pictures make me feel like doing. They are me. They remind me of the time I had a red convertible sports car. I had two, actually. And yes, they are you, too.
You immediately, automatically, engage with the narrative of Azzopardi’s conversational visual humour. Laughter is the best aphrodisiac, as you know. Never before has the erotic dream been painted by a woman so well. Think of all the furtively duplicitous sexual innuendos (worth seeing) in art history, made for the titillation of the male patron; one of the purposes of art being to arouse emotions, yes. Whilst I see some Japanese Shunga prints coarse next to Azzopardi’s more idealistic visions of contemporary urban life, the fantastical makes Azzopardi playfully sexy. And fun! Her pictures make you feel the same way, as she makes you feel the atmosphere of what goes on behind closed doors." #EstelleLovatt FRSA.
Extract from the foreword to @deborahazzopardi's Book 'SSHH...' by @estellelovatt . . 👉
The ‘Artist Edition’ of the ‘SSHH’ Coffee Table Book, is now available and suitable for everyone! At your request, Deborah Azzopardi will personalise the book to whoever you want it addressed to, on the inside front cover.
To purchase, see link in Instagram bio: https://deborahazzopardi.co.uk/the-book/ 👈
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"What is ‘Push Once’ all about? A little bit of James Bond? A little bit of the Apollo 11 first moon landing? A nipple? No it’s a traditional London Routemaster bus bell. Playful, these images are foreplay. Paintings to flirt by. Paintings to fall in love by, and with. Like Manet’s art is art to flirt by, watch out, love is blooming here. Each portrait is a revelation, for ‘She’ is the girl of our day that we meet in the street. She is also Venus encompassing beauty and love. ‘He’ is Casanova, or David Beckham if you’d rather. Remember when Sam Taylor-Wood made her video-portrait of Beckham asleep, everyone – young, old, female and male, queued up to take their selfie ‘sleeping’ with him." #EstelleLovatt FRSA.
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The ‘Artist Edition’ of the ‘SSHH’ Coffee Table Book, is now available and suitable for everyone! At your request, Deborah Azzopardi will personalise the book to whoever you want it addressed to, on the inside front cover.
To purchase, see link in Instagram bio: https://deborahazzopardi.co.uk/the-book/ 👈
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"Like a pared-down #PatrickCaulfield, with simple black outlines, and, big, flat, single hue, colour, Azzopardi says, “I love the use of colour on a large scale. To me the impact is in the size of the painting with the dynamism of colour.” Much in the same vein as #YvesKlein had his blue, Azzporadi has hers. Her colours serve as initial bait to gain your attention, but it is her subject matter that hooks you in, and keeps you captivated, as male torsos are toned and long female legs dangle over the side of a red convertible." " #EstelleLovatt FRSA.
Extract from the foreword to @deborahazzopardi's Book 'SSHH...' by @estellelovatt . .
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The ‘Artist Edition’ of the ‘SSHH’ Coffee Table Book, is now available and suitable for everyone! At your request, Deborah Azzopardi will personalise the book to whoever you want it addressed to, on the inside front cover.
To purchase, see link in Instagram bio: https://deborahazzopardi.co.uk/the-book/ 👈
#DeborahAzzopardi #DeborahAzzopardiBook #ArtistBook #investinart #artlovers #fineart #divinefeminine #girlpower #thefutureisfemale #powerfulwomen
#femaleartist #femaleform #feminine #popart #wonderwoman #contemporary #power #womenartists #artinvestments
