Marilyn (1/8)

With MARILYN, Eric Lapierre offers an intensely contemporary interpretation of a universal icon. More than a portrait, the work is a vibrant apparition, in which the face emerges from the canvas in a movement of light, colour and energy. Against a deep black background, the figure stands out brilliantly, enhanced by a luminous palette blending golds, pinks, whites, reds and electric accents.
The painting immediately strikes the viewer with its expressive power. The composition combines glamour with pictorial tension, creating a dialogue between the subject’s instant recognisability and an almost abstract style. The contours dissolve, the material seems in perpetual transformation, and the portrait thus acquires a living, sensitive, almost incandescent quality.
Here, Eric Lapierre does not seek mere representation: he reinvents a mythical image through a personal visual language, founded on gesture, vibration and chromatic density. MARILYN thus becomes the meeting point of collective memory, visual emotion and contemporary energy.
With its vertical format of 75 x 100 cm, this work possesses a strong and elegant presence, ideal for integrating into a contemporary art collection alongside powerful and distinctive figurative pieces. It will appeal to collectors drawn to works that revisit iconic figures with audacity, intensity and sophistication.