Escape! Painting

Escape! is a portrayal of the longing to escape the constrictions of the modern world, or a journey of evading the tolls of modern life. The stick figure is a representation of the human, void of class, gender, and race, to become a symbol of the ‘hero’, running from the confines of the painting. In Escape! we see the initial step our hero takes in order to escape the world they are confined to. The design of the stick figure jumping out from the box is taken from an illustration by Pippo Lionni, a designer, jazz musician, and former student of philosophy and mathematics from Paris. I also included images of rusty pipes that represent the hidden networks of pipes and wires that lie beneath walls, ceilings, and floors, much like the veins and arteries in our bodies. The rust represents decay, and relates to the organismic nature of beings which will inevitably be destroyed. Another interpretation of this work is that the hero is running from their own mortality.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:19.7 W x 25.6 H x 0.6 D in

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