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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in
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** Please Note: To enable international shipping in a shipping tube, this painting is sold as unmounted, unframed canvas shipped in a roll - buyer will need to mount the canvas on a stretcher frame before displaying it! The shipping tube will be approximately 106x15x15cm and weigh less than 9kg. 2017. This painting is inspired by a famous pair of sculptures. Art tells its own story no matter what the artist intended. When I first saw images of the new statue – a child confronting the raging bull of capitalism on Wall Street – I loved it – I loved the graceful response to power. However, I’ve been reading more about it. Firstly, the creator of the original bull statue is incensed. He wants the child removed. He says his original bull (1989) was a tribute to the fortitude of humanity surviving the stock market crash of 1987. But his bull becomes menacing when we see the little girl in its path. I say - good to get this perspective… sometimes statues have their own meanings, not the meanings their creators intended. There’s more. The little girl statue was part of a campaign to get more women into high paid jobs in finance. So it’s not only about grace confronting power - it's also a demand for a bigger slice of the capitalist cake for women.... Arturo Dimodica’s virile Charging Bull on New York’s Wall Street was installed after the stock market crash of 1987. The huge brass bull was intended to celebrate the resilience of humans and of course of the stock market. I see the power of capitalism to manifest desire and self-interest. In 2017, Kristen Visbal’s new statue, Fearless Girl (the subject of my interpretive painting called Fearless Child), was placed in the path of the charging bull. Sponsors of this work say it is about gender - it was unveiled on Women’s Day – and is intended to lobby for more women in capitalist boardrooms. But I read it in a more revolutionary way, as symbolising the power of any individual to say ‘NO’ to a seemingly unstoppable social process. Interestingly, a few days after Fearless Girl was unveiled, a news photo went viral on social media. It shows Saffiyah Khan, a young woman, smiling, unflinchingly facing the rage of an English nationalist. Her attitude is strikingly similar to Fearless Girl.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:60 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
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I use creativity to explore my identity, to interpret and meditate on mind, body, nature, the world. I paint and draw and write and sometimes combine all three in digital mediums. Some of my recent work reflects the social and political reality. I've been drawing from life in pastels, pencils and charcoal since my teens. I've been painting since 2007, and have been involved in artists groups in Manchester, Zimbabwe and Brighton. I'm a Dad and I live in Brighton. My parents were both artists. My art blog is here: https://raphaeldelamer.wordpress.com/ Prints and T Shirts - nickname ruska - http://www.redbubble.com/people/ruska For info on the arts scene in my location around Brighton, England, please visit my blog: http://www.sussexartbeat.com
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