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Gadfly Three
By
Susan Banks
2020
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Gadfly Three reworks the drawings from Gadfly Two but, again, escapes the original intention and has become something else. The colours originated from Gorgoneion Mosaics but just took off following a different dynamic. The painting still 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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