Charlotte Beaudry’s paintings are figurative without being realistic. The compositions are simple and the subjects frontal. Critical of the culture of spectacle, the artist seeks to question the status of the image and the way it is used by the media and advertising. To this end, she hides certain details, making reality both recognizable and strange. The artist pays no attention to the location or context of the scene or object. In the paintings of the riot series, Charlotte Beaudry speaks more of vulnerability than of violence. But she is also interested in the energetic power of fire and the modulation of its palette.