Lisa Stokes
Black Overcoat, 2021
Oil, oil pastel, acrylic, charcoal on plywood
92 x 55.5 x 2 cm
Copyright The Artist
£7500.00 + VAT
Black Overcoat' echoes the tradition of self-portraits by artists such as Edvard Munch, who used clothing as a metaphor. In this context the coat acts as a kind of emotional...
Black Overcoat' echoes the tradition of self-portraits by artists such as Edvard Munch, who used clothing as a metaphor. In this context the coat acts as a kind of emotional armour - both concealing and protecting the self. Painted after a period of intense upheaval and personal loss, the work becomes a cathartic dialogue between inward and outward identity.
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