Rihanna Knows She's a Work of Art (& So Is A$AP Rocky)
Rihanna knows that she's a work of art. The singer just bought a painting of her herself to prove it. And A$AP Rocky's there, too.
While Rihanna was busy attending a charity event — the Jason Lee Hollywood Cares Foundation Donor Dinner, if you must know — her security team was handling precious cargo: a painting of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky in stylish embrace.
This is no mere fanart, this is an actual piece of art that Rihanna herself purchased, according to the paparazzi sites that secured imagery of the Rihanna and Rocky painting.
Odd that Rihanna and Rocky's kids aren't featured but, then again, maybe it simply made more sense to focus on the couple's famous faces. The toddlers aren't really public figures yet, anyways.
The painting focuses more on the couple's natural good looks than their naturally excellent style, which also makes sense because of how fluid their wardrobes remain. There are consistencies, of course — Rihanna wore a leather jacket to the event, one of her staple pieces, whereas Rocky is famously a Bottega Veneta muse — but the actual items they wear evolve month-to-month.
So, the artist wisely chose to instead focus on Rihanna and Rocky's unfluctuating beauty instead. Good call!
Rihanna and Rocky, surprisingly, don't actually cross over with a lot of non-musical artists in their respective practices, save for photographers and designers (typically of the clothing variety). That is to say, they aren't out here working with a ton of "fine" artists.
There's this one Sotheby's video that situates A$AP Rocky next to Ai Weiwei and the Rihanna magazine cover that was painted by Lorna Simpson but this is the first time in recent memory that Rocky and Rihanna have picked up a painted work.
Still, it fits. Rihanna and Rocky remain royalty in their own right. The high-power couple most recently met with the French president because of course they did. And so they deserve a suitably presidential portrait worthy of their regal reputation.
