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After Lucien Freud
Oil and encaustic 2012 137cmx122cm This painting, rendered in oil and
encaustic, is inspired by the work of Lucian Freud. Besides his earthy palette
and honest depiction of human flesh, the work also borrows his ideas concerning the
intimate relationship between artist and model. Sam has been used repeatedly in
my work, partly for conceptual reasons and partly for convenience. It plays with ambiguity between who
is the artist and who is the model as well as the relationship between the two.
Both are aware of the viewer’s intrusion, one in irritation and one in sly
mischievousness.
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