{"product_id":"polka-dot-sisters","title":"Polka Dot Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOLKA DOT SISTERS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAcrylic on Canvas | 30\" × 30\" | 2019\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are not smiling. They have their dolls. They have each other. That is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolka Dot Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e is painted from a vintage photograph — the kind that surfaces in antique markets and estate sales, the kind that belonged to a family that no longer exists in the configuration it was taken in. Two girls stand together with the particular solemnity of children who have been told to stand still and are doing so with complete, slightly mutinous compliance. The younger leans into the older. The older stands her ground. Both clutch their dolls with the grip of children who understand that some things are yours and you hold onto them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting is rendered in the muted, almost monochromatic tones of the photograph it came from — grey, taupe, the dusty blue of a sky that has never quite decided to be anything — interrupted by the polka dots. Hot pink circles on both dresses, painted with a pop art directness that arrives in the composition like a radio signal from the present, cutting through the past with cheerful, slightly anarchic precision. Kusama-adjacent. Completely their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dolls are dark and slightly unsettling in the way that vintage dolls always are. The expressions are serious in the way that Victorian and Edwardian children in photographs always are — not unhappy, simply unperformed. Before the smile became mandatory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolka Dot Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e is a painting about the bond between sisters, about childhood solemnity, about the past looking back at the present with complete composure and absolutely no interest in being nostalgic about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e📦 Shipping \u0026amp; Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e30\" × 30\"\u003c\/strong\u003e original acrylic on canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned and dated 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShips \u003cstrong\u003estretched on timber stretcher bars — ready to hang\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertificate of authenticity included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne original. No reproductions. They have each other. That is enough.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decorum Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42968882380894,"sku":null,"price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4929\/6990\/files\/polkadotsisters-custom_1.jpg?v=1783081035","url":"https:\/\/decorumatelier.com\/products\/polka-dot-sisters","provider":"Decorum Atelier","version":"1.0","type":"link"}