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Published: 2005-02-15 20:18:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1452; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 156
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Oil paint, acrylic paint, expanding foam, spray paint, marker pen, photographic images, pom poms, PVA glue and varnish on canvas.With this piece I wanted to create something overpowering and uncomfortable yet strangely attractive to the viewer. The canvas is approximately 3' x 5' as I felt that working on a large scale would add to the feeling of intensity when confronted with the piece. In this work, I aim to convey a sense of feeling lost in ones own thoughts. The painted figure is surrounded by an intestine-like mass growing from the canvas, which in turn has spawned imagery and words. It is about the internal in relation to the external. My aim is to make the viewer feel overloaded and confused, while at the same time questioning their own innerworkings.
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Comments: 6
SirLemoncurd [2006-11-22 13:51:56 +0000 UTC]
oh god this is awsome O_O this is very disturbing, but yet so appealing, so I can't say nothing but that you've achieved what you wanted with this piece. I absoluteley love the 3d effect the foam gives to the painting, it's genious.
is that real teeth? :S
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suzi-q In reply to SirLemoncurd [2006-11-22 13:54:04 +0000 UTC]
in 'self portrait with brain' i used plactic teeth that i got from a dentist. not real teeth but v. convincing nonetheless!
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typewritersandtulips [2005-09-05 17:18:26 +0000 UTC]
It is rather grotesque, though I can't help but like it. The images you used are very effective and thought provoking. The skin color was a good choice, considering it's suppoed to be sickeningly attractive, but it contrasts nicely with the red too. Hmm, you know, I've never seen anyone use expanding foam in a painting before now (though you seem to do it a lot.) My favorite part's the purple-bluish drippy area next to her face.
I'll be keeping an eye on you
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dyfc [2005-09-05 07:45:09 +0000 UTC]
very repulsive and discomforting imagery being used... you really succeeded
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HClaytonPhotography [2005-02-16 23:17:32 +0000 UTC]
SUZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III !
lush piece man... I'm drunk and it's StILL lush... my mum's been trying to explain the whole point of the name of the piece to me... I get it now and DUDE !!!not so gross anymore!
I
Am
So drunk!
LUSH art...
EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT !!!
LOL
Hari/Athenari/Athena XXXX - bint who lives with you !
'Somtimes... things are just LUSH !'
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