PERCEPTION / OBSESSION
PERCEPTION / OBSESSION
At first glance, Perception/Obsession draws our eye to the intense, suspicious gaze of a woman as she snaps off a part of her chocolate bar, wondering why we are staring at her. But we notice the surrounding eyelids surrounding, her reflection in the eye — in fact, we are the woman being perceived, we are the obsession of this eye. The radiating eyelashes deepen the sense of being watched—or perhaps trapped—in an ever-tightening gaze.
Mengle’s use of flashe and acrylic lends the surface a dynamic interplay of matte and satin finishes, with strokes that oscillate between softly blended passages with brush and bolder, more textured areas with palette knife, plus touches of shimmering interference blue and iridescent copper in her eye and chocolate wrapper, respectively.
Perception / Obsession, aka Again, Again, and Again
Advay Mengle (b. 1989)
2024
flashe and acrylic on linen
33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm)
https://advaymengle.art/catalog/id/AM-187
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Details:
flashe vinyl and acrylic on linen canvas stretched on wood stretcher
Type:
Painting
Additional Media:
acrylic gesso
Support Materials:
linen, canvas, linen canvas stretched on wood stretcher, wood stretcher mount, canvas stretched
Dimensions HxW in:
33x22
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Marks:
- By artist, signed recto lower-left in beige: [AM monogram] // ADVAY MENGLE
- By Artist, Verso upper-left: (in dark grey) 2024 [signature] // (in yellow) ADVAY MENGLE // (in red on white) AM-187 // (in dark grey) “AGAIN, AGAIN, and AGAIN” // “PERCEPTION / OBSESSION”
- By Artist, Verso on horizontal stretcher cross brace , on top stretcher bar (inside edge, left), on right stretcher bar (inside edge, top), and on vertical stretcher cross brace (left edge, top): (in red on grey) AM-187
- From surface vendor, Verso center stretcher crossbar in brown: MASTERPIECE PRO
Subject Matter/Type:
Known Pigments, Primary:
PB15:3, PB29, PBk7, PBk9, PG7, PR9, PR101, PR122, PV19, PW5, PW6, PY3, PY42, PY65, PY74
Catalog ID:
AM-187
Children (see gallery):
- Ephemera 58; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of acrylic gesso on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-188 - Ephemera 59; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of flashe on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-189 - Ephemera 60; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of flashe and acrylic on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-190 - Ephemera 61; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of flashe and acrylic on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-195 - Ephemera 62; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of flashe and acrylic on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-197 - Ephemera 63; Advay Mengle (b. 1989); 2024; digital reproduction of flashe and acrylic on linen; 33 × 22″ (~83.8 × 55.9 cm); from the series Ephemera;
AM-200
