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Light Energy
Oil, acrylic, ink, and pencil on paper
Framed: 14 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in
Object: 11 in x 8 1/2 in
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes by exchange
2018.32
David Shrobe explores issue of race and identity in creating works that refer to the tradition of portraiture that dates from the Renaissance. The subject’s features dissolve and disappear in the puddling of pigment that extends to the left and right of the face. Moreover, any suggestion of form is offset by the chair-caning pattern in the work that refers to the flatness of the compositional surface. He often represents his portraits in oval formats suggesting a portal. Shrobe establishes and then erases the identity of the figure.
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