Deus Ex Machina
120cm high x 40cm wide, Acrylic on Canvas.
Original work, studio quality reproduction and prints available.
Triptych in Three Acts, describing the journey the subject has taken to find his place in the world. Duncan Graham, one of Australia’s best regarded and contemporary playwrights.
The work moves from right to left, with different styles and colour pallets across the three panels, describing Duncan’s journey to get to the place of inspiration, but also the never ending journey that is being in that place.
Act 1: “Schadenfreude”
(Right side element, 152cm wide x 122cm high, Acrylic on Canvas)
Act 2: “Resurrection & Execution; Mortality & Inspiration”
(Left side element, 198cm wide x 101cm high, Acrylic on Canvas)
Act 3: “Deus Ex Machina”
(Central Element, 182cm wide x 61cm high, Acrylic on Canvas)
“Deus Ex Machina” is the theatrical plot construct literally translated from the Latin as, “God as a Machine”. It describes a plot change or event so improbable that only “God” could have delivered it.
For the artist his or her arm and hand – creative expression – lives in an all too real world apart from the imagination.
The hand starts out as human, and in the pursuit of truth and beauty it is stripped of its skin. The artist is totally exposed and suffers.
It must be this way.
Then comes a moment when the arm reaches out and finds the “other” place: inspiration.
In a moment everything changes:
- A line is crossed, and there is a flash
- The arm ceases to be human; it becomes divine and inspired
- Colours become more vivid
- Inspiration is found
And reluctantly, beneficently, the hand knows that its solemn duty is to resurrect then kill the Artist.
To kill itself.
For Art.
Additional information
| Art | Large print, approx A2 (59.4cm high x 42cm wide), Original (120cm high x 40cm wide), Small print, approx A3 (42cm high x 29.7cm wide) |
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