Nieves González: Baroque Portraits Meet Modern Puffer Coats
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Nieves González paints oil on linen portraits that place contemporary women in puffer coats and parkas squarely inside the visual language of Spanish Baroque — Velázquez, Murillo, Caravaggio's light. The anachronism is the whole point: aristocratic composition, direct gaze, vivid modern outerwear.
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