Respite 56

2017 · Painting

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Kde je teď „Respite 56“? Sbírka: Minneapoliský institut umění, Minneapolis. Momentálně není vystaveno. Ověřeno 9. listopadu 2026.

Minneapoliský institut umění

Minneapolis, Spojené státy americké

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O obrazu

Chris Mars painted Respite 56 (2017) on his birthday as an account of his fifty-sixth year; it is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. The birthday paintings look back while anticipating what comes next. Here, green, poppy red and yellow replace the near-monochrome solemnity of earlier scenes. Cartoonlike figures drift against slate blue, some sharply defined and others reduced to white outlines. The difference recalls memories that remain precise beside those that blur. Swirling activity holds pain alongside childlike pleasure, without making the creatures malicious.

Slovy muzea

Painted on his birthday, Mars considers Respite 56 to be an autobiographical portrait of his 56th year. Every birthday, the artist paints a scene that simultaneously represents the past year and looks ahead to the future. Respite 56 represents the current chapter in Mars’ artistic career. Moving away from near monochromatic paintings that depict solemn, grotesque scenes, the artist has entered a period full of color. Using putrefied greens, poppy reds, jaundiced yellows, and dark, moody slates and blues, he created a scene that at once repulses and attracts. The painting is filled with depictions of unconventionally beautiful figures. Chaotic and swirling, the scene depicted is not one of malice. It is balanced between pain and childlike joy, repulsion and wonder.

Číst dál

The cartoon-like characters appear to float upon the slate blue background with a range of highly defined figures to figures defined by only white outlines. The push and pull style recalls the contrast of memories---hazy versus clear and crisp.

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