Lindsay Merrill American, b. 1987
Head 1, 2025
Oil on linen
76 x 61 cm
29 7/8 x 24 in
29 7/8 x 24 in
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In this painting, a young deer is mounted as a display; this setting mimics a sacred niche, yet the literal lamp below grounds the image in the banal reality of...
In this painting, a young deer is mounted as a display; this setting mimics a sacred niche, yet the literal lamp below grounds the image in the banal reality of a suburban living room. The uplighting casts an aggressive, spectral glow across the fur and into the eye, highlighting the uncanny "aliveness" of the dead animal. It is a potent exploration of the uncertainty and peril that reside just beneath the surface of domesticated life.
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