
Antonella Mazzoni
Antonella Mazzoni paints what portraits often omit: the bodies below the heads.

Antonella Mazzoni in Room 308

A marble bathroom like a drawing
The head is definitely missing, and it’s deliberate. In his series ‘Painting Bodies for all the Portraits in Art History’ in Room 308, Milan artist Antonella Mazzoni supplies the bodies so often omitted from historical portraits. The hyper-realistic figures are mostly placed in front of a metaphysical horizon, and are combined with words. What do you think? What might the missing head look like?

Antonella Mazzoni, ‘Painting Bodies for all the Portraits in Art History’ (acrylic on canvas)

Antonella Mazzoni, ‘Painting Bodies for all the Portraits in Art History’ (acrylic on canvas)