Chris Levine
38 x 29 cm
She’s Light (Pure) by Chris Levine presents a striking, almost ethereal portrait rendered through the shifting surface of lenticular printmaking. The subject appears with closed eyes, her expression suspended between serenity and self-possession. The artist heightens the contrast between softness and intensity: the face is rendered in pale, luminous tones that seem to glow from within, while the vivid, lacquer-red lips anchor the composition with a sharp, graphic punch.
The lenticular medium introduces a subtle sense of movement and dimensionality, giving the work a living surface that changes with the viewer’s position. Light flickers across the contours of the face, and the shimmering eyelids add a cinematic quality, as though the subject is caught in a quiet moment before reawakening. The smooth fall of hair and the clean, sculptural line of the necklace contribute to the icon-like stillness of the piece.
Within the artist’s wider practice, She’s Light (Pure) continues an exploration of beauty, celebrity, and the finely calibrated tensions between vulnerability and performance. The work feels both intimate and stylised—an image that acknowledges the constructed nature of fashion portraiture while distilling it into a single, arresting moment of calm radiance. The result is a contemporary icon: cool, poised, minimal, and unmistakably luminous.