L’Arlésienne, 2016
Oil paint and acrylic on fibreglass and stainless steel on bronze base, vitrine
88.5 x 76 x 73 cm (34 7/8 x 29 7/8 x 28 3/4 in) sculpture
198 x 88 x 88 cm (78 x 34 1/2 x 34 1/2 in) vitrine and table
198 x 88 x 88 cm (78 x 34 1/2 x 34 1/2 in) vitrine and table
L'Arlésienne takes it title from a work by Vincent Van Gogh, painted in Arles in 1890. This colours found in this painting are used as the pallette in the sculpture - encapsulating the vivid hues of a balmy summer in the South of France. The sculpture is both an abstract, grotesque head while also a stately tree that blows in the wind. Because the oil paint is all applied with a single-sized brush there is uniformity and harmony, keeping this wild mass from becoming too unruly.
- Glenn Brown, May 2018
- Glenn Brown, May 2018