Today is #NationalPinkDay! To celebrate, we thought we would share the pinkest work of art we have at the MMA, “Anubus” by Gabrielle L. Mayer.
Gabrielle Mayer paints full-size images of women’s dresses, an exploration of the impact clothing and style have on our culture. Typically rendered in a highly illusionistic manner, the dresses appear inhabited, though beyond the volumetric forms of the cloth there is no indication of the figure, leaving the dress to fill the role of the protagonist.
The title “Anubus” may refer to Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife. Anubis is depicted as a jackal-headed god, a resemblance found in the profile of the dress.
“Anubus” is currently on display at the MMA.
Gabrielle L. Mayer (American, born 1950)
“Anubus”
Oil on canvas, 2000
Lillian F. Kaufman & Richard and
Sylvia Kaufman Purchase Funds
Original source can be found here.
