RONCHINI
Emilia Momen: Men About Town
13 January – 17 February 2023 Preview: Thursday 12 January 2023, 6-8pm
Emilia Momen, Cock n Bottle, 2022, oil on canvas, 152 x 101 cm
Ronchini is delighted to present our first exhibition of works by the British painter Emilia Momen. Romanticising the stranger and adding implied narrative to the ordinary, Momen captures figures on the precipice of the unknown. With a background in both fashion and art, Emilia is inspired by how people express themselves through the clothes they wear. Imbued with personality, the figures in the paintings are people Emilia wishes to surround herself with, be it an idealised view of a stranger from the street, friends, lovers, or family.
With figures from both England and Italy in featured in Men About Town, Momen highlights both cultural idiosyncrasies and similarities that define the human condition such as companionship, solitude, and emotions. She also highlights different clothes that people wear when they work, and how this varies with different occupations and socio-economic backgrounds, such as businessmen and women in suits, in Pitti Uomo and Alice’s Velvet Suit to a chef taking a break from his gruelling work in Cheeky Chef. Adding a touch of irony to the title of the show, in Men About Town, Momen depicts the female as strong and powerful, and not subject to the male gaze, but the gaze of the female artist, Momen.
Painted in a classical style, Momen uses the medium of oil paint to add subtle shadows and deep expressions, bringing the traditional aspects of portraiture into the contemporary age.
About the artist
Emilia Momen (b. 2001, London) lives and works in London. She has studied life drawing at Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence and Fashion Styling at Polimoda: The Fashion School in Florence. Selected exhibitions include Summer Exhbibition at the Royal Academy, London, 2021.
Exhibition: Emilia Momen: Men About Town
Dates: 13 January– 17 February 2023
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