Planet ID
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Planet ID

Category
Painting 
Medium
oil painting on stretched canvas
Size
W:30.5cm x H:40.5cm x D:4cm (unframed)
Year
2012
$227
view to scale
'ID' came about through an interest in mind states: ID, Ego and Superego. Here ID satisfies itself in the pleasure of depression, with paint marks smeared on its face and an abstracted lollypop drooping between its fingers. The enjoyment from its own pain is built upon a foundation of black and white, creating the clarity of the selfishness of its pleasure in pain. The marks across its face are random, adding eccentricity, while the bended lollypop is a symbol of childhood and innocence lost.
 
Gaby Desmarais
Gaby Desmarais
BA Fine Art (painting major) (The Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT)), 2009
Sometimes it takes a while to 'find' an image. Most people think an artist creates an image, but I believe that the image already exists for one specific painting and is just waiting for the artist to uncover it.
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