- Michael DeLarge
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- The Memory of Somewhere. 2016 50x60
The Memory of Somewhere. 2016 50x60 Original Oil Painting by Michael DeLarge
50 x 60 x 4cm (unframed)
£500
Original artwork description
Oil on canvas
The canvas is professionally stretched over a wooden frame and is ready to hang. No additional framing is required.
This artwork has been created using high-quality Winsor & Newton oil paints on hand-stretched canvas. A fine layer of varnish has been applied to help protect the surface from UV light and dust.
The artwork is signed on the reverse and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About the Work
Insubstantial explores the fascination with Asian culture that emerged across Europe during the 17th century, when Chinese-inspired art, furniture, decorative objects and imagery became increasingly fashionable. As interest in the East grew, so too did the demand for objects that evoked the idea of distant cultures and places. For many, travelling to these faraway lands was beyond their financial means, and household objects and decorative arts became a way of engaging with an imagined version of the East from within the European home.
During my research, I became particularly interested in European-produced Chinese-style wallpaper created in response to this growing demand. Although inspired by Chinese aesthetics, these works were produced within Europe, creating an intriguing tension between cultural origin, interpretation and imitation.
This idea became the starting point for the figure depicted in Insubstantial: a European-born woman of Chinese heritage, portrayed in a moment of quiet contemplation. Her reflection is not intended as an act of narcissism, but rather as an introspective consideration of ancestry, cultural identity and the relationship between heritage and place.
The title Insubstantial refers to this sense of ambiguity. The figure is not Chinese-born, but is of Chinese descent; similarly, the Chinese-inspired wallpaper surrounding her may appear culturally Chinese while having been created in Europe. Both the figure and her surroundings exist somewhere between origin and interpretation.
The work ultimately asks us to consider where culture begins, where it belongs, and how our understanding of identity can shift when something is removed from its original context and reinterpreted elsewhere.
Materials used:
Canvas, oil, linseed
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 60 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Oil on canvas
The canvas is professionally stretched over a wooden frame and is ready to hang. No additional framing is required.
This artwork has been created using high-quality Winsor & Newton oil paints on hand-stretched canvas. A fine layer of varnish has been applied to help protect the surface from UV light and dust.
The artwork is signed on the reverse and is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About the Work
Insubstantial explores the fascination with Asian culture that emerged across Europe during the 17th century, when Chinese-inspired art, furniture, decorative objects and imagery became increasingly fashionable. As interest in the East grew, so too did the demand for objects that evoked the idea of distant cultures and places. For many, travelling to these faraway lands was beyond their financial means, and household objects and decorative arts became a way of engaging with an imagined version of the East from within the European home.
During my research, I became particularly interested in European-produced Chinese-style wallpaper created in response to this growing demand. Although inspired by Chinese aesthetics, these works were produced within Europe, creating an intriguing tension between cultural origin, interpretation and imitation.
This idea became the starting point for the figure depicted in Insubstantial: a European-born woman of Chinese heritage, portrayed in a moment of quiet contemplation. Her reflection is not intended as an act of narcissism, but rather as an introspective consideration of ancestry, cultural identity and the relationship between heritage and place.
The title Insubstantial refers to this sense of ambiguity. The figure is not Chinese-born, but is of Chinese descent; similarly, the Chinese-inspired wallpaper surrounding her may appear culturally Chinese while having been created in Europe. Both the figure and her surroundings exist somewhere between origin and interpretation.
The work ultimately asks us to consider where culture begins, where it belongs, and how our understanding of identity can shift when something is removed from its original context and reinterpreted elsewhere.
Materials used:
Canvas, oil, linseed
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 60 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
