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"Staging a Threadbare Dream"

By Robert Sherratt 2025


I became aware of the short film "RUKA" or "The Hand" a political allegory by Czechoslovakian animator Jiří Trnka whilst making this painting. The space above the puppet where you might expect a glimpse of the puppeteer is occupied by flowing rhythmical lines perhaps a representation of the algorithm.

 

 


 

R S Robert Sherratt

"Mirage"

"Tidal rise in the comfort zone" (study)

"The Chrome Vernacular"

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