Sara Arnaout - Rockin' Elvis

The work draws on a pop aesthetic in its use of famous or mass-produced images and their pictorial reworking. Pop Art emerged in the United States in the second half of the 20th century as a result of artists' interest in and critique of the contemporary "consumer society." All expressions of Pop Art presuppose a sort of double bond with the world of consumerism and mass media. On the one hand, the artwork is reduced to a mere consumer product, thanks to the use of advertising language in the works and their serial reproduction through mechanical processes. On the other hand, as in this case, the mass-produced images themselves become works of art, as a more genuine and truthful expression of the new society and thanks to the artist's recontextualization.

Sara Arnaout's artistic production has a strong pop influence, which lies precisely in the use of mass-produced images. The artist is particularly fascinated by 1950s American stardom. Her reworking of images also reveals a notable interest in Schifano and the Piazza del Popolo school, but in a highly personal way. Indeed, for Sara Arnaout, the graphic image remains fundamental and the protagonist of her work. Schifano-style pictorialism is present, recontextualizing the image, but it does so in a more calligraphic and minimalist manner with discreet dripping. Another influence is undoubtedly Rotella's, in her use of the decollage technique between overlapping and torn images.

Sara Arnaout was born in Turin in 1971. She trained at the Brera Academy in Milan, where she graduated in 1996 with a degree in set design. During this period, she explored the distinctive elements of her artistic language: American cinema, Pop Art, Action Painting, and Arte Povera. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Italy and international events. In April 2015, on the occasion of the opening of the Re d'Italia Art Gallery in Milan, she participated in an exhibition dedicated to her and inaugurated by Vittorio Sgarbi. In December 2015, she participated in the contemporary art exhibition "Milan meets Miami - International Art Exhibition," again curated by Vittorio Sgarbi, with the support and patronage of the Italian Consulate General in Miami. The exhibition catalog was published by Mondadori.

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