Oh well, enough said, bring on the dead, 2018
Acrylic paint on drafting film over panel, in frame
111.9 x 84 cm (44 1/8 x 33 1/8 in) sheet size
144.4 × 116.5 × 4.5 cm (56 7/8 × 45 7/8 × 1 3/4 in) frame size
144.4 × 116.5 × 4.5 cm (56 7/8 × 45 7/8 × 1 3/4 in) frame size
Italian 17th century style painted and parcel gilded reverse cassetta frame with punched foliate centres and corners
This work is based on a drawing by JBM Pierre (1714-1789) and GH Watalet (18th C). The human heads and the cow's head appear to be piled or hung together, a scene perhaps from some awful abattoir. The heads float in an abstract ground, while purple and white lines curling with a Baroque playfulness, flow in and out of their features. The starting point for this drawing is the frame and the colours used are very much a response to the ochre found in this 17th Century Italian frame. The beautiful swirls of the frame have influenced the macabre subject matter - the work is as much about life as it is about death.
- Glenn Brown, May 2018
This work is based on a drawing by JBM Pierre (1714-1789) and GH Watalet (18th C). The human heads and the cow's head appear to be piled or hung together, a scene perhaps from some awful abattoir. The heads float in an abstract ground, while purple and white lines curling with a Baroque playfulness, flow in and out of their features. The starting point for this drawing is the frame and the colours used are very much a response to the ochre found in this 17th Century Italian frame. The beautiful swirls of the frame have influenced the macabre subject matter - the work is as much about life as it is about death.
- Glenn Brown, May 2018