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Gadfly Four
By
Susan Banks
2020
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Gadfly Four extends the Gadfly series using the same plan but with a different formal emphasis. The painting again, in referencing Gorgoneion mosaics, alludes to a threshold, a liminal space, an apotropaic sign, and is intentionally dizzying or confusing.
The underlying geometry is essentially done by hand and eye - no computer programme or robot involved.
Oil on Canvas.
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Susan Banks
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Susan Banks
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Susan Banks
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