A melancholy painting of Amy Winehouse, made shortly after the singer's death in July 2011, has been acquired by the
National Portrait Gallery in London.
Amy's parents view the piece (left)
The
work by South African artist Marlene Dumas is not huge – no bigger than
a sheet of A3 paper – but it packs a punch carrying "tremendous emotive
power", said the gallery's contemporary curator Sarah Howgate. "Detail
bleeds into and out of her work, directing and dispersing the gaze of
the viewer."
The title, Amy-Blue. MORE
HERE
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