"i'll do anything for love"acrylic on canvas, 2004.
man this is an old piece and i've even found my old write up on it which, reading back on it now is quite funny but has some interesting points. such as....
- is love real? by creating the images in a pop art/cartoon style takes them out of reality relating back to the question.
- using simplistic line and colour juxtaposes the subject matter of the complexities of love.
- taking some inspiration from Georgia O'Keefe's flowers and their similarity to female sex organs, got me to thinking about how a lot of human traits (no matter how advanced as a species we think we are) mirror those of the animal/plant world. using colour and scent to attract one another.
- what love does to us as people? the out of character actions and mind games we play with ourselves and each other. the fine line between love and lust. the mass of negative feelings and emotions that go hand in hand with something which is, by definition, a positive experience.
this was my first meaningful work using the subject of love and inevitably sex. which i like to have a less serious undertone. by having a bit of a joke with whoever sees the work. like with the white and pink painting. at first it seems almost abstract with its simple lines and minimal colour. but as you look at it more you come to realise what these shapes and colours represent. a woman masturbating. which may, in the realisation that the work you've been looking at for the past god knows how long is a close up of a vagina, set off a reaction of shock/panic/playful embarrassment. HA! tricked you!
in the past i've played around with the subject of love and sex in other pieces which i shall soon be posting and revisiting in new work.
"love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." H.L. Mencken
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