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Nicholas Evans"Plato's Cave" (black & white, abstract, surreal, primitive, shapes)2024
2024
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PLATO'S CAVE
2024, Paris, France
A bold and graphic black & white painting with primitive undertones. Black and white acrylic paint lay over a purple-brown wash forming shapes. Very subtle, small, red circular shapes are painted to the side of black, horizontal, oval shapes which form a repetitive pattern.
This work is an abstract visual representation of "Plato's Allegory of The Cave," which depicts prisoners chained inside a cave, mistaking shadows for reality. One prisoner escapes, discovering the outside world's true forms. Returning, he struggles to convey truth, which is met with disbelief by the other prisoner. The story symbolizes enlightenment's journey, exploring perception, knowledge, and the struggle to comprehend deeper truths.
Artist's signature is on the back, over an Evans Deventer stamp bearing the painting's name, the location of where work was done and year, 2024.
- Creator:Nicholas Evans (1982, American)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 18.12 in (46 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1630214089492
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Evans is an American, Paris-based artist, designer and creative director. Painting is a cornerstone of Evans’s artistic expression, which is largely inspired by personal events, religious symbolism, and historical allegories.
In addition to traditional oil and acrylics, Evans uses materials such as plasters, wax, salt and found objects in his works, presenting a way to seek new meaning in elements that have collapsed or eroded over time. Threads of poetry convey the fragmented logic of suffering, lost love and redemption that push him to create.
After early success in New York’s fashion and creative industry — followed by nearly losing his life to addiction — a liver transplant gave way to a new perspective and allowed Evans to reinvent himself. Inspired to revisit the rudiments of expression through his first love of painting, Nicholas began working under the moniker of Evans Deventer to present his art.
Through Evans Deventer, he is continuously intrigued by the “decayed decadence” of long-held traditions and the looming past, and how to represent them visually. Evans Deventer is also represented as a brick and mortar space, which he designed in 2015, featuring furniture, jewelry and objects, in addition to artwork.
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