Jon Rafman

Subtleface Kandinsky

2013

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Tom Wesselmann Rosemary Lying on One Elbow 1989 Laser-cut steel with alkyd oil 9 x 14 in. Edition of 45 Signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso Accompanie...

Alkyd on cut out steel. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition 11/25 ( there were also 6 artist's proofs). Co-published by the artist and Sidney J...

Alkyd on cut out steel. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition 24/25 ( there were also 6 artist's proofs). Published by the artist and Éditions de...

Katie Eleanor, ‘Your Hand, Your Tongue III’, 2017 Hand-coloured portrait of a regal monarch, immobilised in marble, her reigning celebrated the blooms she becomes entwined in. The characterisation is inspired by visual depictions of Lady Macbeth, in particular, John Singer Sargent’s 1889 portrait of actress Ellen Terry. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: 'Your Hand, Your Tongue’, 2017 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...

Katie Eleanor, St Medard and the Devil II, 2019 Handcoloured portrait of a devil creature, immobilised in marble, inspired by the tale of St Medard. Purchasing on his rock, he lovin...

Hand-coloured portrait of nymph Daphne, immobilised in marble, as she is transformed into a laurel tree. Birthed in Greek Mythology, Daphne is associated with bodies of freshwater and is an unwilling object of the god Apollo...