Maybe do 500 million this time, I hear he needs some more
centaur paintings of himself.
Not exact matches
BP: I've never seen the original, but the drapery in Spranger's Hercules, Deianira and the
Centaur Nessus looks more expressive in your
painting.
His
paintings of nudes, skulls, and still - lifes, along with images of
centaurs and muses, place Lüpertz among such diverse artists as Nicolas Poussin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Hans von Marées as he continues to reinvent classicism and engage with tradition.
Mary Addision Hackett blogs about several
painting exhibitions currently on view in Indianapolis including: Kyle Ragsdale: Tableaux at the Harrison Art Center (through November 30), Elise Schweitzer:
Centaurs and Belly Dancers at Gallery 924 (through November 30), Rachel Ritchford: Future Days at Mt. Comfort Gallery and Carla Knopp's exhibition Kinkade Meets Turner
Paints Sci - fi With Fanbrush at Dewclaw.
While images such as Smurfs,
centaurs, and Furries and other therianthropic or hybrid characters usually occupy their own cultural space, in Husain's compositions they become seamlessly blended in a dynamic
painted realm.
The way cultural elements and themes can become intermingled or amalgamated has been with us throughout human history: just think of the some of the other elements in Husain's
paintings, like the
centaur — a being that contains elements inherited from myth and reality.