Stepsister, 2012. Digital print on paper. 55 x 75 cm / 22 x 30 inches. Edition of 25. Poster signed on back. Euro 300 (incl. VAT). Androgynous, sleepy-eyed youths drinking, smoking cigarettes or joints, looking blasé. These are the motifs with which American painter Brian Calvin made a name for himself. Stepsister belongs to a new series dealing with the similarities of siblings. They are not lifelike portraits but based rather on principles of repetition of shapes like the eyes or mouth. As the painting process progresses the »sibling-image« departs ever further from its predecessor. Through the subtle variations he attempts to open up the infinite space of difference. Stepsister is a detail of an oil painting by Calvin.
