Lot 48
JOSEPH YVON FAFARD, R.C.A
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Vancouver, BC;
Consignor, Toronto, ON, Canadian Fine Art, 25 May 2017, Lot 49
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
The intimacy that Joe Fafard has with his cast bronze subjects is the central theme of his Mes Amis series. Exhibited in 2015 at Slate Gallery, Mes Amis includes sculptures of those that have inspired Fafard and his work.
“Painter and His Model” presents an important portrait of Austrian Expressionist, Egon Schiele. In an interview with CBC, Fafard discusses his admiration for Schiele noting that Schiele “produced a great body of work that is now amongst the world’s treasures. I wanted to do something that would be like his work that was energetic and took risks.” Shiele often painted his subjects with elongated and poorly nourished bodies that evoked a sense of pain and suffering. You can see this influence in Fafard’s portrayal of a naked and vulnerable Schiele that is shown embracing himself while his body is marked with wounds and bruises: a representation of his struggles with doubt and mental health. Schiele is purposely looking away, possibly into a mirror, as the expression on his face with the raised eyebrow and semi-frown strongly resembles the expression found in his famous self-portraits.
Further reading on the artist from the CBC featuring an image of this work.
CONDITION DETAILS
Very good condition.
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