La Chambre Bleue (After Alexandre Jean Baptiste Hesse) by Annie Cabigting in 2018.

 
Formal
Keywords:
 Lines
o complex lines
o leads our eyes
 Space
o Spectator - The Funerary Honors Rendered to Titian, Who Died in Venice during the Plague
of 1576
  Value
o warm tones (orange, red, and gold)
o contrasting 
o cool tones (muted blue and shades of gray)
 Texture 
o hard and rough

Conceptual 

Starting with the lines of the painting, we could see that she used complex lines to create the patterns of the
painted frame. In addition, the actual frame of the painting belonged in the series of lines used by artists not
just because both of the frames are similar but it also leads our eye in to the subject of the painting. In line with
this, the space in the painting is a huge factor for Annie to achieve its motive because it gives an illusion as if
we are watching from the back of  the spectator,  scrutinising the 19th-century painting The Funerary Honors
Rendered to Titian, Who Died in Venice during the Plague of 1576 by Hesse. Next is the value of tones. Annie
used warm tones such as red, orange, and gold in the frame of the 19th-century painting that gives contrast to
use of cool tones which are muted blue and shades of gray. This contrast makes the "spectator" pop because
the color  of his suit diverged to the warm colors of the frame and painting. The wall is also cool toned that
also gives emphasis to the painting at the center. Lastly is the texture of the painting, it's a no-brainer that the
texture of it is rough and hard as it includes detailed frame and a wall occupying the outer spaces. 

Contextual 
ANNIE CABIGTING
 Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary painter
 born in 1971
 University of the Philippines with a Major in Painting in 1994. 
  to challenge the viewer  

 La Chambre Bleu (After Alexandre-Jean Baptiste Hesse)

 breaking of a fourth wall
 viewer scrutinizing Hesse's 19th-century work 
 art is perceived in an unending stream of seeing, being seen, and being seen seeing.

Annie Cabigting is a Filipino Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1971. She graduated
from the University of the Philippines with a Major in Painting in 1994. She is well-known both for its
adherence to real life form, and for its ability to challenge the viewer, to question ideas of authorship,
reproduction, and point of view. Her recent show, Museum Watching, featured photorealistic paintings of
people observing famous artworks including the La Chambre Bleu.  In this painting she explored the dynamic
between subject and viewer in a sense of a fourth wall that breaks through canvas. To clarify, she paints from
the outside-looking-in, with viewers glancing or peering into a painted painting. 

Annie Cabigting's work has always revolved on the subject of art. La Chambre Bleue (After Alexandre-Jean
Baptiste Hesse), painted in Cabigting's trademark photo-realist technique, depicts a spectator with his back to
the viewer scrutinizing Hesse's 19th-century work The Funerary Honors Rendered to Titian, Who Died in
Venice During the Plague of 1576.

She uses the act of looking as both a subject and an object in this painting, enticing the viewer into the piece.
Cabigting's painting delivers a visual witticism by 're-presenting' the observer, the place and context in which
art is perceived in an unending stream of seeing, being seen, and being seen seeing.

References:

Art-List Team. (2020, September 18). List feature: A look into the art of Annie Cabigting - blog.
Art-List. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://www.art-list.com/blog/artlist-feature-
annie-cabigting. 

Finale Art File. (n.d.). Museum watching • Annie Cabigting. Finale Art File. Retrieved
November 9, 2021, from https://finaleartfile.com/museum-watching-annie-cabigting/.