La Casa Celestina Psychopathology of The Brown Paper Bag Criterion, by Wilson (2017, c.)

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Title

La Casa Celestina Psychopathology of The Brown Paper Bag Criterion, by Wilson (2017, c.)

Creator

Wilson, David G. (1953-)

Date

2017, c.

Description

The painting represents a brothel scene, where four naked young women appear sitting and lying in a room. There is a clear relationship with the Celestinesque tradition, especially because of the title of the painting.

Here is a description of the artist's style:
"Wilson calls his style "Anthropomorphic Perception: An exercise in Ultra-perceptive plausible juxtaposition". He claims that he can perceive an alternative reality in whatever image he beholds. These alternative realities that he finds when he contemplates an image are strategically and plausibly juxtaposed commonplace objects that he calls mnemonic objects. They remind him of things from his personal history. The recurrent hand of bananas is a deferential reference to the hand of his father, (the hand that fed me) who worked with the banana industry in Dominica for seventeen of the artist's formative years. By juxtaposing these objects in as realistic a manner as they are experienced in his paintings, he can create a three dimensional illusion which produces the alternative reality- the hidden image." (description from David G. Wilson's webpage: http://www.davidgwilson.com/Biography.html, Archived in: https://web.archive.org/web/20180822090735/http://www.davidgwilson.com/Biography.html)

Format

Acrylic on canvas.
Dimensions: 101.6 × 116.84 cm

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