Oil painting
Virile Earth
Original title: La terre virile
A man’s torso painted like a rock face: ochre, rust and light.
One arm is folded behind the neck, the head thrown back, and the body fills the canvas, laid on with a knife like mortar. Words are stencilled across it as on a map: “Terre”, “Au”, “O₂”, “H₂O”, with a gilded globe at the pit of the stomach. Man is made of the same elements as the ground he stands on.
Price on requestunique piece
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 130 × 97 cm
- Year
- 2011
- Collection
- Oil painting
- Status
- Unique piece
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ViewingThe work can be seen at the Fontainebleau studio, by appointment.
About the series
Each canvas in this cycle starts from a title — an expression, a brand, a slogan — and treats it as a subject for classical painting. The result is a chronicle of contemporary public life, in which power, money and belief appear as characters.
