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DESCRIPTION
Oil on Gessoboard
18 x 24 cm
2025
A response to the recent jewelry heist at the Louvre. This is a small painting of the Empress Eugenie’s crown that was left behind in the haste of the getaway. The question at hand is what is left? And what is felt?
BIO
Rebecca Szeto is a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary artist interested in the poetic intersection of the material and immaterial. Through chance and intuitive play with salvaged materials and everyday objects, she investigates notions of beauty and value, drawing attention to what is often overlooked or marginalized. By combining familiar materials in unexpected ways, she creates “slippages”—deliberate moments of tension that invite fresh connections and meaning. Recent solo and group exhibitions and awards include Transformations and Totems (Franklin & Marshall University, Phillips Museum of Art, 2024), Essential Work (Ursinus University, Berman Museum of Art, 2023), a Center for Cultural Innovation Grant (2023), and Casting Contingency (Institute of Advanced Uncertainty, 2019).
DESCRIPTION
Oil on Gessoboard
18 x 24 cm
2025
A response to the recent jewelry heist at the Louvre. This is a small painting of the Empress Eugenie’s crown that was left behind in the haste of the getaway. The question at hand is what is left? And what is felt?
BIO
Rebecca Szeto is a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary artist interested in the poetic intersection of the material and immaterial. Through chance and intuitive play with salvaged materials and everyday objects, she investigates notions of beauty and value, drawing attention to what is often overlooked or marginalized. By combining familiar materials in unexpected ways, she creates “slippages”—deliberate moments of tension that invite fresh connections and meaning. Recent solo and group exhibitions and awards include Transformations and Totems (Franklin & Marshall University, Phillips Museum of Art, 2024), Essential Work (Ursinus University, Berman Museum of Art, 2023), a Center for Cultural Innovation Grant (2023), and Casting Contingency (Institute of Advanced Uncertainty, 2019).