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Monday, 8 March 2021

A new artwork

 


Our local art gallery has acquired an unusual work of art titled The Spare Part, an oil painting which appears to be quite recent judging by the pristine canvas. It is an unusual work for our gallery to acquire, being unsigned and by an unknown artist. 

Although the work does appear to be of a reasonably high standard, the whole thing is already a little flaky and the services of a professional restorer may be required at some point.

However there has been a considerable level of interest in The Spare Part although as usual in such cases, interest is likely to wane soon enough.

3 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Apparently one needs an extraordinary sensitivity to different shades of brown to understand the work at all.

Ed P said...

Sepia certainly improves the colour of Hewitt's hair, but Sparkle fades into the background (I wish!)

A K Haart said...

Sam - maybe the acute sensitivity is a cultural thing, not easily acquired by those outside.

Ed - I keep thinking of him in that way.