The artist is very meticulous in handling the ugly details. He provides almost every possible unflattering angle.
All of the flowers appear to be in various stages of decay; some have only begun to droop, others are completely broken. One head already lost its colour, others are on the way, having lost all of their petals.
Differences in value also account for these metamorphoses: the darker the yellow, the closer the sunflower to the total withering. But even the livelier, fresher flowers are somehow exposed.
It seems as though the artist makes this still life a botanical study — a painterly herbarium.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Our Little Sunflower.
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Move over Damian Hirst, Tracey Emin - here comes Sammy Rebera-Barton, future Turner Prize Winner!
I know , I know - he's pretty good with the crayons and his writing too judging from his glowing term report from Rebeca which I'm dying to post here !
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