Simply Divine
More Works By Sophie DeFrancesca Mixed Media 2022
59 × 14 × 18 in
149.86 × 35.56 × 45.72 cm
$19,500
About Simply Divine
The elegance of a strapless evening gown-red carpet worthy is beautifully rendered by Canadian artist Sophia DeFrancesca. Her work pays homage to the glamorous couture of the early twentieth century when her own mother and aunts were inspired by the iconic women who wore these stylish clothes. The delicate figurative form is created out of stainless-steel and aluminum mesh, then coated in latex and metallic paint. Crystal detailing allows the entire piece to shine.“For me, clothing isn’t just a fashion, it can be loaded with significance and meaning and memory.” Sophia DeFrancesca
She graduated from the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University) in 1990. While working in the commercial arts she developed a body of sculptural artwork. Her artwork has been published in Elle Magazine, Architectural Digest and Hello Magazine and included in many solo and group exhibitions in Toronto and Montreal as well as in the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff and the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska/Lincoln. DeFrancesca's artwork is held in private and corporate collections.
