SARA BERMAN
SARA BERMAN
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Sara Berman (b. 1975, UK) lives and works in London. She studied fashion BA at Central Saint Martins in the 1990’s and worked in fashion before studying for her MFA at Slade UCL graduating in 2016. Working with the trope of the Harlequin as Trickster Whore, Berman examiners the societal constructs of the female experience. She radicalises the historically female domain of portraiture. In painting herself, Berman refutes the male gaze and objectification of women. The figures are often defiant and Berman’s gentle muted aesthetic is fraught with contrapuntal layers, the canvas appears almost bruised; the visceral and corporeal juxtaposed with a delicacy and fluidity of line and movement. Berman’s work uses its very appeal to defy expectation: a violent transgression within beauty.
AFTERGLOW, 2023Oil on Linen
200 x 200 cm ，78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
BOOTS AND BOXERS, 2023Oil on linen
150 x 130 cm ，59 x 51 1/8 in
OLD MAN'S BALLS, 2023Oil on Linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
PINK EYE, 2023Oil on Linen
150 x 150 cm , 59 x 59 in
ASKEW, 2023Oil on Linen
120 x 120 cm ，47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
Boy Girl, 2023Oil on linen
47 1/5 × 47 1/5 in | 120 × 120 cm
Oil on linen
79" x 79" [HxW] (200.66 x 200.66 cm)
Oil on linen
59 ¹⁄₁₆" x 51 ³⁄₁₆" [HxW] (150.01 x 129.99 cm)
Boyish, 2023Oil on linen
25 5/8 × 25 5/8 in | 65.1 × 65.1 cm
Oil on linen
59 ¹⁄₁₆" x 51 ³⁄₁₆" [HxW] (150.01 x 130 cm)
Oil on linen
59" x 51 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (149.86 x 130.18 cm)
CLOWN 2, 2023Oil on linen
85 x 80 cm ，33 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
CLOWN 3, 2023Oil on linen
80 x 65 cm ，31 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
CONTRAPUNTALLY, 2023Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
DIRTY WANKER, 2023Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
DISCLOSURE, 2023Oil on linen
100 x 100 cm , 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
EAGLE BOOTS, 2023Oil on linen
130 x 110 cm , 51 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
KISS ME. I DARE YOU, 2023Oil on linen
100 x 100 cm , 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
STANCE, 2023Oil on linen
100 x 100 cm ,39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
THREE SIDES TO EVERY STORY, 2023Oil on Linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
WHAT PART OF NO DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND, 2023Oil on Linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
ACROBAT, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
BAD LESBIAN, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
BAGGY PANTS, WHITE BROGUES, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
BLUE DRESS, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
COWGIRLS, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
DANCE WITH ME, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
FIGHTING GAMES, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
FOLDS I, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
FOLDS II, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
GUARDED WITH ARGYLE, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
HEAVY KNIT AND COWBOY BOOTS, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
HEAVY KNIT HUG, 2022Oil on Linen
60 x 60 cm , 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
HOOK AND EYE, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
JUPE, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
KICK, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 120 cm , 78 3/4 x 47 1/4 in
PARACHUTE, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
RESTING PUDENDA, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
SELF PORTRAIT IN PEACH, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
SIDE EYE, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
STRAIGHTJACKET, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
TANK GIRL, 2022Oil on linen
200 x 200 cm , 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
YO, 2022Oil on linen
120 x 120 cm , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
Thinker, 2021Single colour screenprint on 410gsm 100% cotton
23 2/5 × 16 1/2 in | 59.4 × 42 cm
BOOM STUDY, 2021Pen on paper
29.7 x 21 cm , 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
BEASTIE BOYS STUDY 2, 2021Pen on paper
26 x 21 cms , 10 12/50 x 8 27/100 inches
REACH STUDY, 2021Pen on paper (framed)
25 x 20 cm , 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in
THE LINE, 2021Oil on Linen
200 x 120 cms ,78 3/4 x 47 1/4 inches
STEP CHANGE, 2021Oil on Linen
200 x 200 cms , 78 37/50 x 78 37/50 inches
POUNCE, 2021Oil on Linen
60 x 60 cm , 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
TWO STONES ONE BIRD, 2021Oil on linen
120 x 120 cms , 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches
Bolster, 2019Oil on linen
51 1/10 × 55 1/10 in | 129.8 × 140 cm
Oil on linen , 100 x 160 cm
Oil on linen , 140 x 165 cm
Oil on linen , 130 x 100 cm
Oil on linen , 135 x 170 cm
Oil on linen , 120 x 160 cm
Oil on linen , 130 x 160 cm
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