Life's Lemons - curated by Natalie Slater

A curation by Natalie Slater, Art Agent at Snap Collective - ‘Life’s Lemons’ collects painters who take the oldest cliché in the book — and squeeze it for something new. Each artist turns the still life inside out: a single lemon on a too-perfect background, a chaotic bowl of fruit that’s already past its prime, a tree that looks more like memory than nature. The compositions flirt with tradition but feel slightly off, like something staged for a photo that went on too long. It’s domestic, familiar, even funny — but there’s tension here too. The brightness teeters on bitterness, the simplicity starts to feel absurd. Somewhere between patience and parody, ‘Life’s Lemons’ asks what’s left to paint once you’ve painted it all before.

16 Artworks

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