A Model Has Accused An Artist Of Using A Photo Of Her Face To Create A Nude Painting Without Her Consent
Mei Yue, a model from Singapore, recently took to TikTok after accusing artist Angelina Poveteva of using a photo of her face to create a nude painting of her without her consent.
Since allegedly using Yue’s photograph, Poveteva’s piece “Time To Open Your Eyes” has been exhibited and sold for twenty thousand dollars. Yue’s upset is a combination of the lack of consent surrounding Poveteva’s painting and the message the painting represents.
On Yue’s TikTok, she explained the entire situation in-depth.
“This is Angelina Poveteva, the artist for this painting which looks exactly like this photo of me,” Yue began before showing a side-by-side of Poveteva’s painting versus a portrait of her face.
She explained how Poveteva opened the painting to the public at ten thousand dollars.
“And besides that, she also put it up at an exhibition where hundreds of people have posed and taken pictures with it like I am some kind of freak show,” Yue said.
Yue did reach out to Poveteva numerous times and included screenshots of their conversations throughout the TikTok.
In one conversation, Yue explained to Poveteva that she has gone through this– the theft of a reference image– before. Yue begged her to take down the painting and “never sell it.”
TikTok; pictured above is Mei Yue in one of her videos
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In response, Poveteva said that “another woman posed” for the painting and that the similarities are a “coincidence.” Additionally, Poveteva offered to send the exact reference photos used for her work.
We’ll let you be the judge on whether or not the model pictured in the photos sent by Poveteva looks like her painting. Yue also alleges that the model photos have “since been proven to be photoshopped.”
After making no progress with Poveteva herself, Yue felt desperate and reached out to Poveteva’s art school.
“The art school in charge of her was super dismissive of this whole situation,” Yue said.
“This painting belongs to the artist, and the exhibition ended in October 2021. In addition, the artist provided promised evidence and sent photos of the model with whom she wrote the artwork. What you look like is an accident. Everything necessary has been done on our part to clarify the situation,” the school said in a statement to Yue.
Since then, the nude painting bearing stark similarities to Yue has been sold for twenty thousand dollars. She and Poveteva have continued to argue over the painting’s true origin photo, and now, Yue has taken to TikTok to share her story with the world.
“I was eighteen in that photo, and to see my eighteen-year-old self being painted naked and paraded around like that without my consent shattered me,” Yue said.
Nonetheless, she thanked the TikTok community for sharing her story and showing their support.
“Thank you so much for sticking around, and please share my story. Hopefully, I will find a solution soon,” Yue said.
To stay updated with Yue’s story, visit her TikTok account here. Or, to watch the original TikTok video, visit the link here.
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