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Apprehension

By Philip Kennedy 2010

Philip Kennedy

Dimensions
152 x 168 cm

I really like clip-art, apart from its graphic qualities, I like that it's a visual shorthand and applicable to different contexts, movable, scaleable. So this painting used this idea and linked it to my previous 'feigning arm' sculpture. 'Apprehension' is a funny word in that it means three different things - fear, understanding and grabbing hold of, if these three meanings coincide, as with this painting, it is the most apt title.
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Half man in landscape

Unable 2 take it or leave it

Credo the mimic

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