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Megan Dune
Loud Mouth - colorful surrealist portrait

2023

$4,000
£2,975.67
€3,488.75
CA$5,594.51
A$6,246.43
CHF 3,277.44
MX$77,092.01
NOK 41,197.79
SEK 38,547.84
DKK 26,026.64
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"Loud Mouth" is a surrealist multi-media sculptural painting made with acrylic, paper, fabric, beads on a canvas and wood. The figures' mouth, made from wood, extends past the painting bringing the painting to life. The lashes on the figure are extended with thread which has been sewn into the canvas. INSPIRATION BEHIND THE WORK - "'Loud Mouth' was brought to life via a string of impulses similar to the ones that may lead to someone being pegged as a "loudmouth." A "loudmouth" is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "a person who tends to talk too much in an offensive or tactless way." In my experience, however, "loudmouth" is usually used to describe someone who fits into only the first part of that definition (talks "too much"), and as a result — regardless of what they're saying — is perceived as too loud. Surely, of course, there are also those that fall into the offensive or tactless zone, but this painting isn't about them. This painting is about those who are so busy being their wonderful selves, they don't have the time or care to consider how others perceive them. It is a celebration of being genuine and sticking out past expected boundaries because you are confident in the worth of your spill-over." - Artist Megan Dune The spill-over in this painting involves mechanisms of engaging with the world. Eyes, nose and mouth spill beyond colorful boundaries to continue their explorations and expressions, seemingly without an obvious or even knowing effort. Because of this, they shine. It is when we go beyond the ways we normally engage with the world around us that life becomes most interesting; "Loud Mouth" exemplifies that. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Los Angeles based artist, Megan Dune, is a multimedia artist exploring the boundaries between fragmentation and integration. Her art represents a playful yet determined experimentation intended to convey flows of consciousness, territorize chaos, and ponder the great wonder that is our existence. Intrigued and humored by human processes, Dune finds herself peering out upon them from the widest perspective – “that we are blips living extraordinary lives upon a planet in an infinitely expanding universe”. This perspective is the thread that sews her work together, a reminder of our fantastic place in the universe. There is no subject too small or meaningless to find its way into her work, and the jumps between subjects and composition, as well as the connections between them, intend to replicate the conditions and curiousness of our existence.
  • Creator:
    Megan Dune (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    West Hollywood, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1758212335552

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