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Housing Crisis Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, oil on Canvas
Size: 9.8 W x 9.8 H x 0.6 D in
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This painting started with the realisation that all people carry with them psychological remnants of their childhood life/home/family, and that this results in psychological burdens that are weighty and restrictive, preventing growth and understanding of the wider world - 'stumbling blocks' or 'blind spots' to understanding and acceptance, if you will. I wanted the manner of painting to reflect that of Northern Renaissance painters - in fact the position of the central figure I'm pretty sure was (unconsciously) based on Hieronymus Bosch's "The Wayfarer". The severed hands cast randomly on the ground - well, I'm not sure where they came from - maybe the severed hands of those who have tried to touch each other (communicate, assist) - whilst the lonely and struggling "wayfarers" pass each other unaware, almost overwhelmed by their own burdens. I realise that this psychological metaphor also extends to our culture's very real, anxiety-driven obsession with home (and material) ownership.
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Painting:oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:9.8 W x 9.8 H x 0.6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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"Although I state that much of my work stems from the imagery thrown up by depression, I would say that it is also the imagery of unconscious connection.Indeed the two are irrevocably entwined. It is no accident that the appearance of animal symbols and the use of bodily products such as hair, urine and blood is also influenced by my former work as a veterinary surgeon. Some time spent in psychoanalysis has helped me to illuminate these connections to find a personal mythology, which I believe connects to a universal meaning of what it is to be human. The `otherness` of animals, their power, vulnerability, unselfconsciousness and instinctual drives, and their relationship with us, are potent symbols of qualities we also have - qualities which we struggle with in our attempts to remain in control of ourselves and our society. It is where these tensions meet that my work is situated." Studio: Sculpture Shed, Spike Island, 133, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX. Tel: (0117) 929 2266; Email: michael.hayter@blueyonder.co.uk
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