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Exhibiting at the Deschler Gallery in Berlin: painter and actress Sharon Stone
Photo: Monika Skolimowska / dpa
From the cinema screen to the studio: Hollywood icon Sharon Stone presented her paintings in Berlin on Saturday - and reveals how she speaks to her pictures. »I tell them: You are so beautiful! Look at you, you beautiful little thing," the US actress told the German Press Agency before the opening of her exhibition "Totem".
Stone became world famous in 1992 with her role in the erotic thriller “Basic Instinct,” followed by films such as “Casino” (1995), “Catwoman” (2004) and “The Disaster Artist” (2017). Compared to working on a film set, painting is more of a solo experience for her. »Acting is a real team sport. And when you're finished with your work, there's a cutter who cuts it and puts it together." With painting, on the other hand, there is only the artist and the canvas.
“The paintings fit as if they were created for this place.”
Painting has been a part of her life since she was a child. During the corona pandemic, she picked up the brush again - and now paints for up to 17 hours a day. The 65-year-old is excited about the opportunity to present her finished pictures in Berlin: "The paintings fit as if they were created for this place." In abstract paintings on large canvases, Stone wants to express a lot of things - personal ones Strokes of fate, relationships with men and current world events.
The actress is no longer worried about bad criticism of her work. If someone wouldn't honestly look at her art and take it seriously, she wouldn't engage with the person, Stone said. “If you're just another person trying to tell me that a woman can't do anything, then I already know that. I learned that with “Basic Instinct,” thank you very much,” said the acting icon with a wink. She got bad reviews when the film came out. “And then it became the biggest hit, not just in my city, not just in America, but all over the world, right?”
"This whole idea that you don't have to do more than one thing and stay in your lane - that's what it was like when I was a young woman," Stone said. Courageous women are an inspiration to her and she has decided not to allow herself to be restricted. This courage is also needed to overcome the “terrible times we find ourselves in”. »And I believe we will overcome them. And I think we will only be able to do this thanks to women," said the actress.
A total of twelve paintings can be seen in the Deschler Gallery in Berlin-Mitte until May 18th.
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