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Drawing and Painting

Rebeca Marte

Fool's Gold

Painting
2026
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 in
Fool’s Gold explores the performative nature of status and virtue. Referencing King Lear, the work suggests that what appears convincing is not always real.

“You know this face. You have trusted it before.”

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Rebeca Marte aka. Alexandra Marte

Drawing & Painting

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