Kiss me in French
Adriana Maar
Year: 2024
Method: Painting
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 15.8 x 19.7 in / 40 x 50 cm
Weight 1.8 lb / 0.8 kg
Exhibitions: Art Fest Querétaro 2025
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- Frame not included
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More about the artwork
Kiss me in French is a work that celebrates feminine desire as an act of freedom, agency, and self-definition. It speaks directly to the right to want, to feel, and to express intimacy without shame, restraint, or apology. At its core, the piece challenges the narratives that have historically silenced women’s emotional and sexual voices.
The image centers on a sensual, slightly parted mouth — glossy, alive, and charged with intention. The lips are not passive; they are expressive, confident, and self-aware. Paired with the phrase Kiss me in French, the image transforms language into desire itself, turning words into an intimate gesture rather than a distant idea.
This work is deeply rooted in my own experiences with love, communication, and emotional restraint. There were things I once longed to say but did not dare to articulate, held back by fear of judgment and the expectations placed on how women should speak, feel, and behave. Silence, at that time, felt safer than honesty.
By revisiting that silence, Kiss me in French becomes an act of reclamation. The mouth opens not only to kiss, but to speak. Desire is no longer hidden or softened to be acceptable; it is direct, visible, and unapologetically present.
The piece reflects the moment when vulnerability transforms into power. Language becomes an extension of the body, and words function as a bridge between emotion and physicality. What is spoken carries weight, intention, and intimacy — proving that desire does not need to be loud to be powerful.
Kiss me in French also explores sensuality as a shared human language. Words can seduce, provoke, comfort, and connect. In this sense, language itself becomes an aphrodisiac — capable of dissolving distance, awakening emotion, and creating intimacy beyond touch.
This work is an invitation to women to trust their voice and honor their desires. It reminds us that wanting is not weakness, and expressing desire is not a loss of control. It is presence, confidence, and self-recognition — spoken softly, clearly, and without fear.
Desire begins the moment we dare to say what we once kept silent.”
Adriana Maar