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Peter Lupkin36 Years - Original Oil Painting, Solitary Male Figure Smoking in a Chair2022
2022
$6,500
£4,923.15
€5,653.40
CA$9,109.29
A$9,907.35
CHF 5,250.54
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NOK 66,731.61
SEK 61,135.23
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About the Item
This painting confronts the art world's prejudice towards age. The book on the table is a copy of James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The seated figure is meant to convey the image of a poet who hasn't achieved their goals and is no longer a young man”. The figure is viewed from above and sits looking into the distance, the highlight on the wall becomes a crude cloud, a symbol for a dream, the perspective alters as the table is viewed. On the table is an empty notebook, a filling ashtray. A cat pulls at the man's leg for attention, adding a breath of levity to the piece but also showing added responsibilities that come with age. The white of cat helps balance the white of the "cloud", the lines of the blank notebook are carved into the paint. An overflowing ashtray shows he has been sitting for a good deal of time with a blank page in front of him. His necklace is from the book "The Little Prince". It is the illustration the boy draws of a snake swallowing an elephant, which has become a symbol for the idea of maintaining one’s sense of imagination and wonder as we age.
36 Years
Peter Lupkin
oil on canvas
48h x 24w in
121.92h x 60.96w cm
PLU067
The artwork I create is a visual statement of my moral philosophy. The language I use to convey this philosophy in my pieces is one of traditional symbolism, this being indoctrinated into my personality through an apprenticeship into a traditional stained glass studio at the age of 14 and continuing to the present day. I seek to create scenes and narratives that are at the same time realistic and fantastical. I often use pre-existing stories when I am developing an image. I will then take these narratives and expose a less studied side of them, or try to bring them into a contemporary context.
Ultimately my goal is to use modern imagery in conjunction with traditional techniques and connect them with contemporary society, showing both the narrative’s and the method’s continued relevance.
- Creator:Peter Lupkin (1986, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: PLU0671stDibs: LU554315921922
Peter Lupkin
The artwork I create is a visual response to my upbringing and influences. My work is a combination of historical symbolism and modern experience. Historical symbolism has been indoctrinated into my visual language through an apprenticeship into a multi generational stained glass studio at the age of 14 and continuing to the present day. With this as a background language I embrace modern concerns, methods and techniques and seek to connect my own experiences with contemporary society.
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