The Last Dream of the Last Revolutionary
130 × 100 × 4 cm
Acrylic on canvas.
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This painting reflects the youthful longing for a better, more just world — a revolutionary ideal shaped by personal experiences, including time spent in Cuba. Lush vegetation dominates the scene, but from the plants fall red, tentacle-like forms that evoke both organic growth and bleeding wounds. The crimson tendrils symbolise the promise and pain of revolution: a vibrant hope entwined with sacrifice and loss. The colour red resonates with the iconography of communism, representing collective struggle and the dream of a transformed future. The work calls to mind Hal Foster’s writings on the “return of the real,” where art re-engages with history, politics, and lived experience after periods of detachment. Here, the idealism of the revolutionary past seeps into the natural world, both nourishing and staining it. The painting’s atmosphere is charged with both beauty and sorrow, inviting the viewer to reflect on the complex legacies of political hope.
130 × 100 × 4 cm
Acrylic on canvas.
Free shipping anywhere in the world.
This painting reflects the youthful longing for a better, more just world — a revolutionary ideal shaped by personal experiences, including time spent in Cuba. Lush vegetation dominates the scene, but from the plants fall red, tentacle-like forms that evoke both organic growth and bleeding wounds. The crimson tendrils symbolise the promise and pain of revolution: a vibrant hope entwined with sacrifice and loss. The colour red resonates with the iconography of communism, representing collective struggle and the dream of a transformed future. The work calls to mind Hal Foster’s writings on the “return of the real,” where art re-engages with history, politics, and lived experience after periods of detachment. Here, the idealism of the revolutionary past seeps into the natural world, both nourishing and staining it. The painting’s atmosphere is charged with both beauty and sorrow, inviting the viewer to reflect on the complex legacies of political hope.
130 × 100 × 4 cm
Acrylic on canvas.
Free shipping anywhere in the world.
This painting reflects the youthful longing for a better, more just world — a revolutionary ideal shaped by personal experiences, including time spent in Cuba. Lush vegetation dominates the scene, but from the plants fall red, tentacle-like forms that evoke both organic growth and bleeding wounds. The crimson tendrils symbolise the promise and pain of revolution: a vibrant hope entwined with sacrifice and loss. The colour red resonates with the iconography of communism, representing collective struggle and the dream of a transformed future. The work calls to mind Hal Foster’s writings on the “return of the real,” where art re-engages with history, politics, and lived experience after periods of detachment. Here, the idealism of the revolutionary past seeps into the natural world, both nourishing and staining it. The painting’s atmosphere is charged with both beauty and sorrow, inviting the viewer to reflect on the complex legacies of political hope.