Bea Scaccia: When Exaggerated Beauty Circles Back to the Grotesque
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Saša Bogojev
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An interview with Italian, NYC-based painter Bea Scaccia ahead of her exhibition at Maruani Mercier in Brussels. The article explores how her polished, elegant, and abundantly perfect paintings push beautification to such an extreme that it circles back to a sense of the grotesque — revealing an almost manic, impulsive urge for "more and more" that is mirrored in her energetic painterly technique.
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· 4 pulledEverything is shiny, polished, elegant, pretty, and perfect—and in absurd abundance.
The Italian, NYC-based artist pushes beautifying, embellishing, and masquerading so far that the concept comes full circle.
It feels as if the long-sought beauty has caught its own tail in a wreck of exaggerated effort.
The imagery suggests an impulsive, almost manic urge for 'more and more'.
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