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Andrée Bars
The Mad King, White Bearded Crowned Man Sitting on a Throne Realist Oil Painting
2018

$6,839.25

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"One day, our children will charge us." This white bearded mad king is bare chested, draped in a white and crimson robe. He is seated on a black and gold (iron ?) throne. He is wearing a Twelfth Night paper crown. He is looking straight at the spectator with a concerned expression, handing his Guignol scepter, a hand pointing at him from the right side. On the background, balloons are floating in a labyrinth of halls, stairs, archs and windows with impossible geometry and perspective. The concept of this artwork was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's famous fable, "The Emperor's New Clothes" : two sly tailors trick a vain emperor by providing him clothes supposedly so magnificent they couldn't be seen by fools. The emperor and his toady court applaud the clothes despite not seeing anything, by fear of appearing as fools, until an innocent child yells that "he is not wearing anything !" Andrée Bars figures our epoch and rulers are no different. Flattery, smokescreens, and the future of our world compromised — which is why she placed the king in a stone universe : no trees, no plants. The king's scepter is a Guignol, a Pinocchio puppet whose nose grows when telling lies, a King's fool with jingles, wearing the same colors as the king himself. Which innocent child will point at the mad king and make the whole sham fall apart ? Andrée Bars is a French painter. Having been strictly trained for 4 years by the American hyper-realist painter Mr. Ted Seth Jacobs, who himself inherited 19th century masters’ skills from his own professor, Andrée Bars learned the profession of painting in its purest tradition. She still applies these ancient masters’ technics on her art. Each painting contains at least three layers of oil paint. Andrée Bars applies her skills to hyperrealism on surrealist ideas. Although her paintings copy the reality to the extreme, they can not be qualified in a simple term of hyperrealism nor of trompe-l’oeil style, her artworks distinguish themselves for a kind of mysterious sweetness they convey to the spectator.

Details

Artist
Andrée Bars (French)
Creation Year
2018
Medium
Canvas,Oil

Movement & Style
American Realist
Condition
Excellent
Period
2010-

Dimensions
H 39.38 in. x W 31.89 in. x D 0.79 in.H 100 cm x W 81 cm x D 2 cm
Gallery Location
Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Reference Number
LU104115725562

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