"Imbued with autobiographical details, art historical references, and the artifacts of daily life, Rapone's paintings embody the anxiety and longing inherent to the millennial condition. In uncannily flattened settings-surrounded by the detritus of daily life-Rapone's figures contort impossibly within their spaces; their limbs push against architectural confines of the artist's own making, testing the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. For Some Weather, Rapone presents a suite of paintings that reflect the inexorable passage of time-in terms both intimately personal and acutely political."
"Throughout these eleven new paintings, the riotous, saturated colors so characteristic of Rapone's practice give way to unusually muted hues-"diet colors," as the artist refers to them-borrowed from the influx advertisements for sensible clothing and tasteful home decor that she began receiving in the mail and on her Instagram feed as she approached the age of 40. In these diet tones-beige, navy, gold, drab olive, muted "gravender"-Rapone's figures attend to the activities of daily life: cooking, cleaning, bathing, painting, spending time with friends."
Celeste Rapone's new suite of eleven paintings examines personal and professional anxieties surrounding approaching middle age amid political and social upheaval. The works blend autobiographical detail, art-historical references, and everyday artifacts within uncannily flattened, cramped interiors. Figures contort within architectural confines, their limbs testing the boundary between figuration and abstraction. A shift from saturated riotous colors to muted 'diet colors'—beige, navy, gold, drab olive, and muted 'gravender'—reflects targeted advertisements and changing aesthetics as the artist approached forty. Scenes depict routine activities—cooking, cleaning, bathing, painting, socializing—where figures appear engrossed or resigned to domestic tasks.
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