Vanessa Beecroft – Original - Painting in Acryl

1993

This striking autobiographical painting by Vanessa Beecroft was created in 1993, during the earliest phase of her artistic career. Executed in acrylic on canvas, the work features a spectral female figure partially obscured by a large bunch of purple grapes, set against a vivid yellow background. 
 
Signed and dated lower right

In natural wooden frame 
Size : approx. 140 x 140 cm

From the private collection of a collector and friend of the artist in Italy

The painting reflects key themes that defined Beecroft’s early work: food, female identity, and the psychological complexities surrounding eating disorders. Grapes—plentiful, sensual, and symbolically loaded—are used here as both visual and emotional metaphors. As in much of her early oeuvre, Beecroft transforms personal experience into visual narrative, using the female body not only as subject, but as medium for conceptual exploration.

Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969, Genoa, Italy) is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her groundbreaking performance art, conceptual installations, photography, and drawing. She gained global recognition through her choreographed live performances, often involving groups of women positioned in silent formation, exploring themes of identity, beauty, vulnerability, and the politics of the gaze. After establishing her early career in Italy, Beecroft moved to the United States. She has since exhibited at major institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Venice Biennale, and MoMA.

Vanessa Beecroft currently lives and works in Los Angeles, where she continues to develop large-scale performances and visual projects. In recent years, she has also collaborated with fashion and music icons, including Kanye West and Tom Ford, contributing to projects that blur the boundaries between art, fashion, and popular culture.