Ode to Joy (2005) Original Oil Painting by Alexandre Barbera-Ivanoff

This one aims at you with the cannon whose fuse he lit with his cigar.
In his expression, which I wanted to be difficult to grasp, mix the arrogance and the tragedy of a face worked by life, the Spanish "greatness" and the madness of Russian roulette, the cruel irony and The "Ode to joy" of Beethoven, from which he appropriates the title.
He calls out to us from the depths of his disillusioned being and declares war on us. By confronting us with death, he wants to confront us with ourselves.
Are we afraid or pity of him?...
The frame with filled corners was designed and custom-made by a craftsman.

Materials used:

Oil painting on linen canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 88 x 115 x 4cm (framed) / 72 x 99cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits