[From the Community Collection, a public trust in Agincourt, Iowa]
MITCHELL, Julian Gordon [born 1968]
Surreal Still Life with Glasses
c2000
oil on canvas / 17.9 inches by 23.8 inches
“There is another world, but it is in this one.” ― Paul Éluard
Three canvasses by Julian Gordon Mitchell challenge our concept of the ordinary and everyday. In “Surreal Still Life with Glasses” the familiar seems slightly out of phase, while objects coalesce from the mist. The mangled glasses are our link with reality.
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