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Arabella Proffer: Poise, Posture, and Profanity
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Exhibition featuring the work of Arabella Proffer.
This is the final week for the Poise, Posture and Profanity exhibition at Cleveland’s William Rupnik Gallery (fka Artchitecture), featuring the work of Arabella Proffer along with pieces by Andrea Heimer.
The show opened on April 24, with a party that turned out at least 150 patrons to the venue nestled in Cleveland’s Midtown arts district, according to gallery director Bill Rupnik. Though Heimer’s pieces drew a lot of praise -- with subject matter ranging from romantic good girls to pop art hipsters -- Cleveland-based Proffer was the star of the show. Her devilish renderings of aristocratic women from centuries past have cemented her name as one of today’s great American Artists, painting noble-looking vixens with an added touch of a blue mohawk or facial piercings.
Proffer is a master of portraiture, specializing in art that looks from the 16th century, but with a modern, punkish flair. She also writes fictional narratives telling the story of her subjects, detailing how a seemingly noble member of society had a more wild side.
The smart people- those frisky “art critics” who apparently know what they’re talking about- dub Proffer’s work as “Neo Realism,” “Mannerist,” “Pop Surrealism” and “Magic Realism,” so if you need some kind of prescribed slots to peg what makes her wicked portraits of Elite Gone Punk cool, well there you go.
As for Proffer’s take on the exhibit, she said it’s “Romance and rebellion baby! I guess the name came from them looking all lady-like but with an edge, like the tattoos and piercings. Like a rich girl at finishing school who knifes the French teacher with a switchblade or something.”
William Rupnik Gallery
1667 East 40th Street, Unit 1A
Cleveland, Ohio 44103
http://www.artchitecturegallery.com
While Proffer’s work will only be on display at this gallery for a few more days, you can find more of her work at:
http://www.arabellaproffer.com/
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