Sebastiaan BremerVereinigte Staaten, 1970

Ave Maria 8

2016 · Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Works on Paper

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Wo ist „Ave Maria 8“ heute? Sammlung: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. Derzeit nicht ausgestellt. Geprüft 29. September 2026.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, Vereinigte Staaten

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Unverändert seit: 25. Sept. 2026
Quelle: Das Museum

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Über das Werk

Sebastiaan Bremer’s Ave Maria 8 is part of an extended series of unique altered photographs of the artist’s Brazilian-born wife, Andrea, posing nude in a water-filled bathtub. Bremer made the underlying photograph in his Manhattan apartment more than twenty years ago, before the two were married. The image is timeless articulation of female beauty and desire, a familiar interpretation born of the male gaze. And yet, once one is aware of the close relationship between artist and subject, the portrayal takes on another meaning, that of a shared intimacy frozen in time, residing simultaneously in the past and the present.

Ave Maria 8 features the artist’s obsessive overpainting technique that embellishes the image with ornate dot patterns that form networks of sinuous undulating lines that follow the contours of the underlying forms and heightens the shimmering effect of the rolling water, while also emphasizing the smoothness of the model’s face. Bremer’s evocative portrait is a tour de force of calligraphic drawing, a celebration of beauty and an intimate dialogue between the artist and his wife.

Minneapolis Institute of Art