Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Regular price $18,000 USD
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Optional matte black hardwood framing is available at checkout. Each frame is hand-crafted with museum-grade white mat board, UV-protected acrylic, and hanging hardware, and ships fully assembled.

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Whoopi Goldberg

Photographed in New York in 2009, this portrait casts Whoopi Goldberg through the language of an old master painting. Seated in a dark robe before a painted landscape, she holds the frame with a dry, steady gaze that turns art history into performance.

The setup plays with one of the most recognizable images in Western art, but Goldberg prevents the picture from becoming imitation. Her expression is too knowing, too contemporary, and too controlled. She makes the costume and set feel like tools in her own performance.

A Mona Lisa for the camera age, wry, frontal, and completely in command.

White's portrait works by letting the reference remain visible while giving the sitter the final word. The pose is formal, the room theatrical, and the mood almost ceremonial, yet Goldberg's presence cuts through the art-historical staging with unmistakable modern authority.

Collection Note

An archival pigment print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag, hand-signed by the artist, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

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