Striking a unique balance between the comical and the gory, the historical with the modern, the figurative and the abstract, Irish painter Genieve Figgis’ captivating works are satirical reinterpretations of traditional aristocratic family portraits with a distinct Rococo flair, rendered in vibrant pastel color palettes. Figgis often takes compositional inspiration from historic photographs and portraits featuring snapshots of the daily life of the upper class. Her exaggerated theatricality ridicules the extravagant excess of the genteel class, at once humorous and subversive.