Henry Orlik, SELF PORTRAIT

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Coloured crayon and pencil

Image H. 42.5 cm. x W. 34 cm., H. 16 3/4 in. x W. 13 1/2 in.
Framed H. 73.5 cm. x W. 45 cm., H. 29 in. x W. 17 3/4 in.

With artist's stamp lower right

WB1562

Orlik’s self-portrait is made up of a plethora of shapes and colours to suggests the many facets and elements that make up the self; its complicated format suggests the impenetrable and convoluted neurons that make up the functions of the brain and the bones, muscles and blood vessels that create the skeleton of the head. Cleverly formed out of blocks of circular drum-shapes, triangles, rectangles and squares which reveal the head with four spirals appearing out of the back of the head to suggest hair or maybe thoughts emanating from the head. One eye is made up of a round white object with central black dot, unseeing and superficial, while the other is an arched window, an eye to the soul and a portal to the inside of the head. The black shadow within the cross of the frame suggests the impenetrable core of the mind, drawing the viewer inside. The playful image includes a winding road which leads into the neck through a small tunnel and smoke coming out of the mouth, like the smoke from the exhalation of a cigarette.

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Henry Orlik: Cosmos of Dreams: London

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Henry Orlik b. 1947