THEY HAD FACES THEN!
From the earliest days of cinema the silent screen
actresses have enthralled the public.Movies such as Cleopatra and Pandoras Box
provide testament to the power of the silent cinema to transfix our
attention upon the faces of the stars.With wild eyed stares and bee-stung lips
they filled the screen with their vampish poses and come hither looks.
These women became icons in black and white, overpowering the
screen with their vivacious visages and remarkable sensuality.
In keeping with the strictly female pop culture art mantra,Nicole Steen
-one half of local artist/curating duo The PopTarts(with Vicki M.),
introduces a new series of monochrome paintings of stark portraits
of sirens of the silent screen.Featuring well known vamps
Greta Garbo,Marlene Dietrich,Anna May Wong,
Jean Harlow, Theda Bara,Gloria Swanson,
Pola Negri,Mae Murray,Clara Bow,
Nita Naldi, Josephine Baker, Louise Brooks
Barbara La Marr,Brigette Helm,Joan Crawford ,
Bebe Daniels and Dolores Del Rio

still wonderful isnt it? and no dialog.We didnt have dialog.We had faces.
-Norma Desmond to Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

For further info contact: Tart Gallery