Jenny Bhatt Double self Portrait, Egon Shiele, 1915
Jenny Bhatt
The rebirth of venius 24 x 36 inches Acrylic on canvas £1,500
In recent years, my work has been satirical. For the past couple of years, I have been addressing consumerism in my work and have created deities or characters to address global urban issues. I chose to recreate ‘The Birth of Venus’ so as to point at the beginning of the new global economic vision. I call it the ‘Re-Birth of Venus’. The world is changing dynamically and although most countries are redefining their economic policies and identities, they are doing so with the past in the background. In this work, I have the Consumer Goddess (as Venus), standing on the widely recognizable ‘Shell’ symbol with its multiple references. The demon deity offers a ‘Superwoman’ cloak to ‘Venus’, alluding to the aspirations of a policy maker or nation in a bid to bring about significant, positive global change. On the left, are deities named ‘Irreverence’ and ‘Reverence’ who although they have never been friends in the past, are jointly supportive of the new, reborn‘Venus’.
Plastic God
Plastic God Help Da Vinci 8 x 8 inches Acrylic on wood £1,000 for all four Vitruvian Man was chosen for the sake of its universal iconography known to most of the world. It most closely resembles the type of work that I normally create that is based around icons for the same reason of instant recognition. Merged with probably the most famous rock band in the world, The Beatles Help album cover design aligned nicely in it's similarity to the body positions of Da Vinci's famous work ‘Vitruvian Man’. All the equivalents involved drew me into realize the piece.