Fanny Brodar Passion Fruit For Sale

About this work

Fanny Brodar's "Passion Fruit" (2022) is an intimate celebration of desire and delight, rendered in oil on a compact 5 x 5 inch wood panel. The work exemplifies Brodar's signature approach of transforming simple subjects into vivid declarations of feeling, where the sensual allure of tropical fruit becomes a vehicle for something deeper—a meditation on craving, pleasure, and the small intensities that punctuate daily life. The title operates on multiple registers, nodding both to the exotic fruit itself and to the broader theme of passion that runs throughout Brodar's practice. Her bold chromatic choices likely draw from the fruit's own dramatic palette—deep purples, sunny yellows, and the jewel-toned seeds within—while her characteristic interplay of image and text anchors the visual experience in language that feels both personal and universal. There is an immediacy to Brodar's work, a sense that she is sharing a private enthusiasm with the viewer, inviting us into her world of accumulated pleasures. At just five inches square, "Passion Fruit" possesses the quality of a treasured object, something to be held close rather than observed from a distance. This scale is intentional, creating an intimate viewing experience that mirrors the personal nature of Brodar's subject matter. The wood panel ground lends warmth and texture, allowing the oil paint to glow with particular luminosity. Within Brodar's broader practice, "Passion Fruit" represents her ongoing exploration of food as emotional shorthand—how what we eat and crave speaks to who we are. This work is available for acquisition through Guy Hepner gallery in New York.