ED.2013 acrylic/mylar 34x48
This painting has another side,
the façade, so to speak. Lara was not shown the side you are looking at, the reverse*, as I call it. You don't expect me to show the subjects my trial and error, do you? Yet, this is my side of choice. Here it is, for you and me only.
What do we like about it? A pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist? A coarse texture of careless lines usurping the softness of painting? A grotesque distortion of human shape and proportions so out of place in this case? The near ElGreco-istic formation a golden halo around the head of this blight deconstruction of childless Madonna?
When the enlightened Europeans were first introduced to the X-Ray images, some voiced a concern that with the ability to see through the skin, humanity will lose the sense of beauty. They didn't know then that vision and perception are not the same. The latter is never fixed.
* Mylar is a translucent, durable polymer film, which shows the reverse, unintended side of a painting.
When the enlightened Europeans were first introduced to the X-Ray images, some voiced a concern that with the ability to see through the skin, humanity will lose the sense of beauty. They didn't know then that vision and perception are not the same. The latter is never fixed.
* Mylar is a translucent, durable polymer film, which shows the reverse, unintended side of a painting.
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