Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome, Italy
Eliminating four glass that is tiny from her case, each marked with a white label and containing thimbles of ochre-coloured fluid, Celia Hempton presents me personally with very carefully blended scents which are supposed to echo the fragrance of, well, a vagina. Fulfilling Hempton when it comes to time that is first there will be something strangely and straight away individual concerning this change; in the many incongruous of settings, a busy cafГ©, we raise each container to my nose to have these subtly sweet aromas that remember the absolute most personal of corporeal moments.
Celia Hempton, Jo, 2014, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm. Courtesy: Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
The London-based artist’s current exhibition (on until 30th June 2014) is simply as intimate, presenting 13 canvases that depict close up views of both male and female genitalia.