DANIELLE ORCHARD FEATURED IN GALERIE MAGAZINE

Highlighting the ART FOR CHANGE artist’s recent work

Installation view of Perrotin’s booth A3 at Art Basel Miami Beach, 2024. Photo courtesy of Perrotin.

Danielle Orchard revisits the history of paintings and the bather motif to propose new representations of womanhood, with her signature Cubist lines. Perrotin gallery recently presented a solo presentation of new paintings by the artist at Art Basel in Miami. Galerie Magazine included Orchard in their recent article about 8 standout artworks to catch at Art Basel and noted, “All four works had sold by the end of day, with one piece going to a major institution.”

Inspired by the experience of having her first child, Orchard’s presentation revealed both the expectations of pregnancy and the reality of motherhood. “Painting for me has always been a means to observe my life and my position in the world, while also combing through art history for connections and insights into the work and lives of other artists,” Orchard tells Galerie.

In her recent limited edition print with ART FOR CHANGE, Skinny Pop, Orchard explores similar themes of the female figure.

Danielle Orchard

Skinny Pop, 2024

16.25 x 24 inches

Limited edition of 20

Hand-embellished, signed and numbered by the artist

Limited edition of 50 with 5AP + 1PP

Signed and numbered by the artist

Skinny Pop centers on a nude woman reclining in bed beside a bowl of popcorn. Gazing leftward, the subject appears expressionless as she clutches a cigarette, which emits a billowy column of smoke that partially obscures her face. The composition recalls the odalisque scenes once portrayed by eighteenth and nineteenth-century painters such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix, which project the fetishized fantasy of a female concubine. By replicating this classical pose, Orchard subverts the male gaze while also recontextualizing it within a contemporary setting. The work also demonstrates a visual interest in Analytical Cubism, an early-twentieth-century movement distinguished by the fragmentary depiction of a given subject.

Danielle Orchard’s signed and numbered print, “Skinny Pop”

Danielle Orchard’s signed and numbered print, “Skinny Pop”

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Danielle Orchard (b. 1985, Michigan City, IN) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BFA in Painting from Indiana University and an MFA in Painting from CUNY Hunter College. Recent awards include the Frederick Hammersley Artist in Residence at the Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico; the Alma B.C. Schapiro Artist in Residence Award, The Corporation of Yaddo; and the Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Award.