13. Shame on you
No words are needed
Picture information:
123cm x 89cm, oil on canvas
The story:
Take a look at the generally clumsy advertisements on television and in magazines. This clumsiness, instigated through entirely simple means, is also to be found in the male instinct for female sexuality. I wanted to express this point through a clear and simple, yet overly exaggerated, presentation of the breast. The breasts are portrayed in natural colours to allow a more realistic reference to actual breasts to emerge, although in fact only snail shells from an unusual perspective and in a particular composition are actually presented here. For me this painting is the clearest contribution to the presentation and meaning of still life painting. Simple but effective, just like life itself.
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Personal note: Today I can still laugh myself silly over the title. At the time, I painted this picture with burning ears - initially I was so ashamed to be painting something like this. However the freedom of art and specifically the attainment of awareness was important in this picture.
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