by wendy elia RWA
Oil on Canvas
h: 180 w: 210 d: 4 (cms).
Inspired by a line in the play ; ‘A Man for All Seasons’ by RobertBolt -"when a man takes an oath Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water, and if he opens his fingers then - he needn't hope to find himself again." A painting depicting siblings Alexi and Madeleine, (the artist's children), engaged in introspective acts of movement and music-making in a tilting room with dream-like vistas. Despite their calm demeanour, chaos threatens and surveillance cameras watch us as we look in. Like Poussin’s 'Dance..." , another meditation on time and fortune, Elia’s oeuvre is replete with symbols and narrative mystery, alluding to myriad other artworks. Part psychological portraits, part exploration of the nature of creativity, part interior landscapes, part histories of London then and now, this painting invites us to consider the fate of our own childhood aspirations.
£15850 (As exhibited.)
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