an extended boy Summer is long over, which might explain why the latest vanity fair The cover features a drawing of Charli XCX without even a hint of the singer’s signature shade of green. Ask the artist of that piece and she’ll tell you that’s the point.
Issy Wood is the artist behind the magazine’s cover vanity fairThis is the magazine’s first new art-themed issue in nearly two decades. Wood, a rising star on the British art scene, painted a portrait of the singer in oil on velvet, depicting her among gauzy stars and swooping white figures.
The American-born artist told vanity fair The piece was inspired by “the length and quality of her career that preceded her global success” boythe casual frankness of her lyrics, our shared Britishness. “
The title of this painting is Charlie 2 (2025), although there does not appear to be Charlie 1. This title may be a reference Popular 2Charli XCX’s critically acclaimed 2017 mixtape, also has no similarly named predecessor.
Wood, currently the subject of an exhibition at Berlin’s Schinkel Pavillon, is known for his leather car seats, luxury upholstery, chic jackets and images of oddly cropped body parts, including blackened teeth and prying hands. one vanity fair The article accompanying the cover states that these objects may exist in “orbits” boy universe. ” (Whatever that means!)
Wood’s art has won acclaim from critics and collectors alike, and her works have sold for as much as $500,000 at auction. She became one of the top artists associated with the wave of figurative painting that emerged in the past decade.
Charli XCX is not yet a fixture in the art world herself, although she has made an effort to get started in the industry. Her Kid Tour memorably included a stop at Storm King Center for the Arts, where she will appear in galleristAn upcoming film about an art dealer trying to sell a corpse at Art Basel in Miami Beach.
How admirable a piece of art is Charlie 2? when vanity fair Wood noted that the painting could be considered a form of fan art, “and I’m fine with that because fan art is one of the purest and gentlest forms of art we have.”
