The longing for elementary luxury
In this painting I have captured in oil paint a space where the everyday and the metaphysical meet. The doorway to a toilet, often considered a purely functional place, I transform here into a portal to reflection. As a starting point for this work I have used myself as a model, with a book on my lap, in which I discovered an image of an antique version of an outdoor toilet from France.
Oil on canvas, stretched on wooden frame 60 x 40 x 2 cm 2025
Certificate of authenticity included
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