by John Gorman

Artwork Description

Frenhofer's studio as gates of hell

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Frenhofer's studio as gates of hell, black and grey chalks, 90x60cm This masterpiece shows Frenhofer contemplating, like an Ecce homo as he wears an aura, the tragedy of his many attempts to draw perfectly his loved model Gillette. The accumulation of the paintings makes think of what the past masters did, filling their works with a lot of still lives, other paintings, figures as voyeurs (Courbet's studio). Here are Picasso, Michelangelo, the great Spaniards, Italians, Dutch… The splendour of this drawing is made of a close juxtaposition of paintings of the loved model. Line is so thick, background so dark, the juxtaposition so incredible… The composition is prodigious. Rembrandt's counter-beauty is revisited in the centre panel. He is also present in the darkness, while Velasquez is here in the proliferation of paintings like mirrors to each others. Rodin's world and work are omnipresent. The ancient Greeks, Hebrews, until Delacroix, Caravaggio, are present. This drawing is THE Unknown masterpiece of the 21st century. ''The eye doesn't enjoy boundaries… hence the eye is ethical… shows shame, violence…I think also of species… a new aesthetic'' (John Gorman) Delphine Costedoat

Artwork Details

Medium: Drawing Other

Genre: Figurative