Emma Crisp - "The Kiss" - 16" x 20" Mixed Media on Panel
Overview
The Kiss is a dazzling original mixed media artwork by celebrated visionary artist Emma Crisp. Presented in a 16" x 20" format, the piece pays homage to a defining icon of the Vienna Secession while reimagining classical romance through Emma’s modern, highly tactile patchwork language.
Specifications
Artist: Emma Crisp
Title: The Kiss
Medium: Mixed media on panel/canvas
Dimensions: 20" H x 16" W
Style and Composition
Following her signature maximalist collage style, Emma anchors the composition with an altered reproduction of Gustav Klimt’s 1908 masterpiece The Kiss. The entwined lovers are wrapped in iconic golden robes, which Crisp transforms with hundreds of hand-applied golden cabochons, metallic droplets, and tiny multicolored jewel beads.
The central couple is framed by vertical passages of layered gold-leaf discs and soft coral-pink circles. Around them, the background becomes an intricate mosaic of decorative fields, including rich red floral tapestries, swirling violet smoke motifs, organic black-and-gold line networks, and dense purple and teal target forms that catch light from multiple angles.
Application and Technique
- Collage and iconography integration: Crisp merges classical art history with contemporary visionary patterning, recontextualizing Klimt’s Byzantine-inspired imagery through a modern, highly textured lens.
- Texture and dimensional relief: Raised metallic droplets and pearlescent beads create an intensely tactile surface that lifts from the panel and catches overhead gallery light.
- Color interplay: Blazing metallic golds, bright copper tones, and warm reds are balanced by deep velvet black, rich purple, and cool blue-teal accents, giving the complex composition visual structure and harmony.
Inventory Status: Available for purchase online or in the gallery.
Shipping / Pickup: Shipping is available, with items securely packaged in professional archival materials, insured, and shipped globally; complimentary local pickup is also available at our 23 North Main Street gallery.
