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Artworks
Becoming the Toymaker, Phase 12 of 41: Wednesday Food Box, 2020
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas20 x 20 in
50.8 x 50.8 cmSoldFurther images
Hancock’s subliminal self-portraits rearticulate and deconstruct forms and figures from his idiosyncratic personal iconography. These paintings expand on metaphysical interpretations of the artist’s dreams, the invented symbolic language that has...Hancock’s subliminal self-portraits rearticulate and deconstruct forms and figures from his idiosyncratic personal iconography. These paintings expand on metaphysical interpretations of the artist’s dreams, the invented symbolic language that has long been a hallmark of his work, and the idea of self-portraiture as exploration of the artist-as-archetype. The artist’s body becomes a testing ground, subjecting the self to the externalized effects of interior tensions—in the form of a face vivisected by crosses or a quatrefoil skin that draws upon a memory of the artist’s grandmother’s tile floor, for example.Exhibitions
James Cohan, 48 Walker St, Something American, September 17 - October 17, 20201of 2
