Liberating Laurence - 2009
Two paintings of Laurence emerging through a window, from a light space into a darker place, is an experiment with taking a figure, Laurence, from a two dimensional world into a three dimensional one. He has come through the window into another, existence. He has literally been cut from the canvas, with a scalpel, and released from the confines of the painting.
I have temporally reinstated the cut out figure, back onto the canvas, where he will never comfortably fit again. The result of cutting him from the painting, resulted in distortions, as the limbs turn, and appear edge on, making strange lines and folds.
I intend to photograph him in his new world. The aim is to place the life size figure, in many different situations. I will also use the vacated canvas, taking it out of the studio, to new venues. I will be photographing the view, visible though the empty spaces. Instead of a white studio wall, the view through to window will be a seascape, or a forest.
Artists who have influenced this work are:-
- Francis Bacon "In Memory of George Dyer 1971". Triptych.
- Lucio Fontana "Spatial Concept 1957"
- Giulio Paolini. "Hi Fi 1965"
- Sam Taylor Wood "Pieta 2001"
- Salvador Dali "Self Portrait Splitting Into Three 1927"
- Picasso "Guernica"
- Mark Quinn "No Visible Means of Escape 1996"
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