3,200.00€
Oil on fine Belgian canvas (170)
90 x 90 x 3.5cm / 35.5 x 35.5 x 1.4in
Signed and dated (reverse)
Certification by SmartStamp
2025
The painting is inspired by 4 contemporary European literary works (1945-present) & one Victorian work. Novels which have been censored or banned at some juncture in their complex historic journey’s which mixes notoriety and acclamation.
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Artist’s notes:
Oscar Wilde famously stated, “The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame”.
Scriptura vetita depicts an anonymous figure with eyes obstructed — a reference to the censorship of books. The painting is inspired by 4 contemporary European literary works (1945-present) & one Victorian work. Novels which have been censored or banned at some juncture in their complex historic journey’s which mixes notoriety and acclamation: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) George Orwell. Lolita (1955). Vladimir Nabokov. To kill a mockingbird (1960) Harper Lee. A clockwork orange (1962) Anthony Burgess, Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. (1865) Lewis Carroll.
