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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Vee Speers, Untitled #13, 2025

Vee Speers Australian, b. 1962

Untitled #13, 2025
Series: The King's Court
C-Type print
150 x 120 cm
59 x 47 1/4 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
100 x 80 cm
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
50 x 40 cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Vee Speers has drawn inspiration from a wide array of historical and cultural sources throughout her career, including the extravagant courts of Versailles. This historical reference provides fertile ground for...
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Vee Speers has drawn inspiration from a wide array of historical and cultural sources throughout her career, including the extravagant courts of Versailles. This historical reference provides fertile ground for exploring enduring themes of identity, performance, and illusion.


In her work, Speers often incorporates elements reminiscent of Versailles: theatrical poses, stylized costumes, and a painterly aesthetic that evokes the classical portraiture of the period. Yet her images also reveal the vulnerability and artifice beneath such carefully constructed appearances. Like the courtiers who lived under the ever-watchful eye of the King, her subjects seem caught between self-expression and societal expectation, between mask and reality. By channeling the spirit of Versailles, Speers does not merely pay homage to a historical era—she employs its visual language to interrogate the complexities of power, performance, and self-presentation across time.

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Vee Speers s’est inspirée tout au long de sa carrière d’un large éventail de sources historiques et culturelles, y compris les cours extravagantes de Versailles. Cette référence historique offre un terrain fertile pour explorer des thèmes intemporels tels que l’identité, la mise en scène et l’illusion.


Dans son travail, Speers intègre souvent des éléments évoquant Versailles : poses théâtrales, costumes stylisés et esthétique picturale qui rappelle le portrait classique de l’époque. Pourtant, ses images révèlent également la vulnérabilité et l’artifice qui se cachent derrière ces apparences soigneusement construites. À l’instar des courtisans qui vivaient sous le regard toujours vigilant du roi, ses sujets semblent pris entre expression personnelle et attente sociale, entre masque et réalité. En canalisant l’esprit de Versailles, Speers ne se contente pas de rendre hommage à une époque historique : elle utilise son langage visuel pour interroger les complexités du pouvoir, de la performance et de la mise en scène de soi à travers le temps.

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