A close up of the leg and foot. It still needs more solidity, but it's coming along.
Here is a better shot of the curtain. The background man is out! I will have to redo him at a better size. Sorry about the lamp glare. Here is how it stood at the end of Day 2. I began to sketch out the interior of the theater in green. Added a little bit of light and sheen to the stage.
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I love how contorted the man is. The folds of the abdomen are particularly grotesque. I can't help but think of the obscenity of the unconscious stage. The chaos is thrilling. Then, to put the leaf on for modesty just adds enough order to the situation to render it totally absurd. I love it.
"obscenity of the unconscious stage". I like it! I got the idea of the leaf from a vintage anatomical photo of a malformed patient. It is bizarre, but there was a painted leaf over the man's genitals, while the rest of him appeared to be fair game for gawking at.
I have become very interested in early anatomical texts, and the way modern medicine has tried to "sterilize" it's roots. But the drive for knowledge is so often intertwined with the erotic and the desire for transgression... this will have to be a whole new series of works!
It's quite big, isn't it?
I guess I've been seeing Niall's works for too long.lol
dm- this piece is 24" x 36". I keep meaning to put the sizes under the titles, but I'm lazy about that.
u got the grotesque and movement pretty well..
but tht leaf is really small
not the luckiest man in the world, is he?
ty- it's just really cold in the theater.
I love it..the grotesque'ness is disturbing/fascinating/sublime. You always create such a rich experience!!!
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