Angelina Jolie post-mastectomy topless portrait to be sold for charity
Swedish artist Johan Andersson’s controversial nude painting is expected to fetch around $22,000.
Comments (23)BY MARGARET EBY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013, 11:52 AM
JOHAN ANDERSSON/ COURTESY OF ART
Swedish Artist Johan Andersson made an oil painting featuring a topless post-mastectomy Angelina Jolie.
Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie announced that she elected to have a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, Swedish artist Johan Andersson has unveiled a controversial nude portrait of the actress post-surgery.
The Anderson, the youngest artist to be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, is known for an acclaimed posthumous portrait of Amy Winehouse.
Proceeds from the sale of the Jolie painting will go to Falling Whistles, a charity that campaigns for peace in the Congo. The Daily Mail reports that the painting is expected to net around $22,000.
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Angelina Jolie at the Women in the World Summit in New York — just weeks after her surgery.
In a statement to Art Below, the gallery selling his portrait, Andersson explained that Jolie's decision hit close to home.
"My mother had aggressive breast cancer when I was 15," Andersson said. "The thought of her having to have a mastectomy really scared me and she was fortunate enough to have surgery without the mastectomy."
"The recent news about Angelina stirred an anxiety within me leading me to paint this portrait," Andersson continued. "There is an underlying awkwardness in her demeanor in juxtaposition to the natural beauty of her face."
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