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Drawing and Painting

Olivia Bill

Most Kissed Lips in History

Painting
2026
Oil on canvas
9 x 12" (x2)
A diptych exploring the connection between Marilyn Monroe and L’inconnue de la Seine. The work examines how images of women are used and exploited, even after their deaths.

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Most Kissed Lips in History
Most Kissed Lips in History

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Olivia Bill

Multidisciplinary

“Appropriating commercial photographs from the 1950s-1970s, my work explores ideas surrounding gender, power, violence and desire. My work aims to question these highly constructed photographs,...” [More]