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A brazenly naked (drunken?) man reclines, unashamed of his nakedness, and singing at the top of his voice, whilst the bonds of his poverty fall away (though he seems blissfully unaware of this, so carried away by the joy and all-consuming passion of his voice, is he). A brass or gold-plated begging bowl lies at his side, and his only bodily sustenance an apple, lying on a once-elegant (now soiled) linen napkin. Standing over him is the authoritarian, tyrannical figure of a priest, accusing the poor man (with an expensively bejewelled hand) of indolence, drunkenness and immodest nakedness. But the poor man does not care (no doubt threatened by the priest with excommunication!). The painting is about the true freedom and happiness that depends not a jot on status and possessions. The poor man is closer to the earth - he reclines on the soft sward of grass. He is the free one in this relationship. He is Silenus, he is the country poet, Bacchus, Pan. I am drawn to John Clare, the English Romantic poet, whose life, though plagued by mental illness, was a model of this understanding of joy and humility. (oil, watercolour, gold enamel and inks on canvas).
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Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
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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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