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Mouth (Brigitte Bardot’s Lips)
The painting "Mouth" is an early work by Gerhard Richter depicting the lips of the famous French actress Brigitte Bardot. Richter isolated the lips from a photo, separating them from the rest of the face, creating a work that is both humorous and unsettling. This work reflects the main idea of criticism of mass culture and sexualization in capitalist society and also has elements of surrealism due to the blurred and detached fragment of the face.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Gerhard Richter
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Date of birth and death
9 February 1932 – living
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Natinality
German
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Style
Abstract art, photorealism, conceptual art, capitalist realism
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Significant works
48 Portraits, 18 October 1977 series, Birkenau series, Cologne Cathedral Window, 4900 Colours
Information about the work
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Year:
1963
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Theme:
Pop Art, figurative, sexuality, mass media, commercialization, surrealism
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting emphasizes the relationship between pop culture and sexual imagery by isolating a facial fragment that became an iconic symbol. The blurring of the image and the isolation of the lips create distance and unease regarding mass culture and its impact on the perception of beauty.
The key to interpreting the work
Interpretation should analyze the context of pop art and capitalist realism, the influence of media on the perception of sex appeal, as well as Richter's early experimental style related to photography and collage.See other works by this artist
