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MCLEAN EDWARDS - Bad Habits, 2010
Estimate:
$8,000 - $12,000
Sold
$5,500
Timed Auction
Collectable
Size
122 x 102 cm
Description
Oil on canvas
Condition
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Signature
Signed
Literature
McLean Edwards’ paintings are a form of portraiture he calls ‘emotional larceny’. He uses ‘archaic’ devices – the three-quarter format, oil paint – to draw viewers in through their familiarity. But it’s a trick, the portraits refuse these conventions. instead they use dark humour, comic book aesthetics, hinted-at autobiographical elements, and paint stripped of any ‘opportunity for flourish’.