“Red Alabama” 2.0 (“Death is the road to awe…”)
“Red Alabama” 2.0 (“Death is the road to awe…”)
“Red Alabama” 2.0 (“Death is the road to awe…”)
“Red Alabama” 2.0 (“Death is the road to awe…”)
This is the second version of the painting of this wonderful bust. The work went on for a long time (almost a year) with large interruptions and with a complete repainting several times. The image was still not born. There was some vague idea about tattoos on the hands and a T-shirt with a logo, but somehow it did not work.
At some point, I decided to experiment with gold leaf (it was a big quest, where to get a small piece of this thinnest foil, and do not buy a thick folder with a lot of sheets). Around the same time, I revised the "Fountain" Darren Aronofsky.This film impresses me so hard. I watched it three times already, and every time it opens up on new sides. I am very touched by the story of the protagonist - about the inability to cope with death and acceptance of its human limitations. Plus it has a very rich symbolic material. And this gave me the inspiration to remake the bust once again, using some details from this story.
You can find some more thoughts about this work in http://serpentarium-painting.blogspot.ru/2018/04/red-alabama-20-death-is-road-to-awe.htmlSerpentarium.