Josie McCoy - Contemporary Icon Portraits

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Gloucester Room is pleased to present a collection of original oil paintings on canvas by contemporary portrait artist Josie McCoy

All featured artworks are available for purchase and the artist is available for private portrait commissions.

Commission pricing ranges from £6,000 - £20,000

For enquiries please contact the gallery on 020 7935 1114

Or via email: jl@gloucesterroom.com

“The idea of the female gaze is central to my painted portraits of iconic female characters from film and television I'm mesmerized by the power these characters hold in the collective psyche Generally, I focus on strong female subjects in response to the way women have been represented, where they have been the ‘passive’ subject of art I present them as active protagonists with agency and power

Film and TV characters act as means of communication and connection I usually hang my work so that the subjects of the paintings look at each other and the viewer can interact with their gaze. Whether the viewer is familiar with the character governs whether the paintings are read individually or in dialogue within a space

When looking at a painting of someone you recognise, the line between fiction and reality can become blurred.

Light is significant throughout the process of making the works. By building my portraits in thin layers of paint, I make the surface glow in imitation of the cinema screen I want the viewer to lose themselves in the complexity and emotion of the human face, trying to capture, as Barthes says in Mythologies, "that moment in cinema when capturing the human face still plunged audiences into the deepest ecstasy"

Josie McCoy was born in Plymouth in 1969 and currently lives and works between London and Valencia, Spain She graduated from the MA Fine Art course at Central Saint Martin's, London, in 1999, and has since widely exhibited her paintings of iconic female characters from film and television. McCoy has had solo shows in London, Milan, Santiago de Compostela and Valencia and has participated in numerous group shows worldwide, in the UK, Europe, South America and the U.S.

Artwork dimensions: 135 x 135 cm

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Raimunda IV
Penelope Cruz as Raimunda in Pedro Almodóvar’s 2006 film, Volver
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 90 x 145 cm

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Moon II
Zhang Ziyi, as Moon n Zhang Yimou’s 2002 film, Hero.
Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

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Madonna

Artwork dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

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Sinéad O'Connor
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

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Cristina Ricci
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 60 x 60 cm

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Alison (The Affair)
Oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 120 x 164 cm

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Daenerys (Game of Thrones)

Juno

Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 37 x 66 cm

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Artwork dimensions: 90 x 145 cm

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Cristina
Scarlett Johansson as Cristina in Woody Allen’s 2008 film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm

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Matilda III (Leon)
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions 40 x 40 cm

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Billie Eilish
Oil on canvas

Billie Piper as Belle in the 2007-2011 tv series, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, based on the diary of the anonymous sex worker known as Belle de Jour.

Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 40 x 40 cm

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Belle

Artwork dimensions: 60 x 90 cm

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Joi
Ana de Armas as Joi in Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 film, Blade Runner 2049
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm

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Myriem Roussel as Mary in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1985 film, Hail Mary.
Oil on canvas

Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm

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Hermione II
Emma Watson as Hermione from the Harry Potter films Oil on canvas

Josie McCoy’s collection of oil paintings are available from Gloucester Room.

To enquire about sales, Net Export prices or private portrait commissions,

please call the gallery on 020 7935 1114 or email jl@gloucesterroom.com.

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