Pluck a Duck
Drawing on paper. Colored pencil, ink. 8.5 × 11 inches. 2023
This vibrant composition playfully reimagines the title "Pluck a Duck" through dynamic forms and saturated hues that oscillate between whimsy and surrealism. The title itself evokes an immediate sense of humor, yet the work engages deeper interpretations of transformation, shedding, and reinvention.
This artwork encapsulates a surreal reinterpretation of its title, merging humor, transformation, and visual opulence to invite the viewer into a playful, vibrant, and otherworldly scene.
Drawing on paper. Colored pencil, ink. 8.5 × 11 inches. 2023
This vibrant composition playfully reimagines the title "Pluck a Duck" through dynamic forms and saturated hues that oscillate between whimsy and surrealism. The title itself evokes an immediate sense of humor, yet the work engages deeper interpretations of transformation, shedding, and reinvention.
This artwork encapsulates a surreal reinterpretation of its title, merging humor, transformation, and visual opulence to invite the viewer into a playful, vibrant, and otherworldly scene.
Drawing on paper. Colored pencil, ink. 8.5 × 11 inches. 2023
This vibrant composition playfully reimagines the title "Pluck a Duck" through dynamic forms and saturated hues that oscillate between whimsy and surrealism. The title itself evokes an immediate sense of humor, yet the work engages deeper interpretations of transformation, shedding, and reinvention.
This artwork encapsulates a surreal reinterpretation of its title, merging humor, transformation, and visual opulence to invite the viewer into a playful, vibrant, and otherworldly scene.
The central figure appears to emerge from a surreal, dreamlike landscape, its anthropomorphic features twisting and stretching into abstraction. The jagged, branching lines evoke the unsettling beauty of Bellmer’s infamous dolls, which challenged conventional notions of beauty and form. The background, a swirling mixture of golden earth tones and sharp green strokes, provides a vibrant yet disorienting stage for the creature-like figure, amplifying the tension between nature and the uncanny.
This work invites viewers to confront the grotesque and the beautiful in equal measure, celebrating Bellmer’s legacy of challenging artistic and societal norms. Portrait of Hans Bellmer is a dazzling exploration of transformation, rebellion, and the surreal, where every twist and turn of the composition reflects the unsettling brilliance of its namesake.
