'Lisa Brice’s exhibition with Thaddaeus Ropac is a triumph' Exhibition review by Andrea Whittle

By Andrea Whittle

South-African-born, London-based painter Lisa Brice’s first exhibition with Thaddaeus Ropac is a triumph. Many of the works in the show, rendered in rich shades of deep brown, are direct responses to iconic paintings made in Paris in the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde to Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. In her reimagining, the female subjects of these historic paintings are the ones in charge, often shown observing and painting themselves. Don’t miss the second floor, where studies for the larger works downstairs pop in indigo-hued oil on tracing paper.