Thursday, 7 May 2009

Deborah Van Spiers - Recent Visitors to Tate Britain

Dating from early May 2009, and thought to depict three friends of the artist, this composition is constructed with an exaggerated dynamic and distortions of scale and perspective which is successfully distracted by the stylistic hand poses characteristic of much of her work. It is not known whether the gestures depicted are baseball related or are some masonic reference. This piece is unique among her works in that a modicum of good humour is displayed in the expressions of her subjects.
Van Dyck in Britain exhibition ends 17 May.

3 comments:

ewa said...

What a remarkable composition!

Debralondon said...

what a bunch of poseurs!

cryptic42 said...

Welcome Debbie! It's a great picture, just needs an ornate gold frame.

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