UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Artist: Sofie Restrepo
Sofie’s work explores the relationship between realism and the abstract qualities of Impressionism. In her practice, she expresses ideas through atmospheric forms and dramatic use of space and light that reveal ambiguous meanings. Inspired by the post-Impressionist art movement and group, Les Nabis, she seeks to emulate their development of the style, Synthetism, which combines the subject matter with the artist’s emotions to create an emerging abstract form of art. Her current body of art delineates a more expressive side to her personality while maintaining themes of nature, identity, recollection, and mystery.