Georges Dumas - Douleur fantôme - Original on Canvas
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Phantom pain is a sensation of pain in an amputated limb, even though it is no longer present. In this work, the naked man, even though we do not see his head or the lower part of his legs, does not seem amputated at all. On the other hand, we can see that the stone that covers him is damaged, cracked, an echo of erosion and the passing of time. But what really gives the painting its title is the presence of two hands embracing the man's chest, two hands that do not seem to belong to anyone, because behind this man, there is nothing but blackness, nothing but absence. The phantom pain referred to here seems to be the absence of a loved one, following a separation, a death: the other is no longer there, and yet one still feels them...
This work is made using mixed media on canvas and combines photography, digital composition, and acrylic painting (glazes and relief squares).
The painting is framed in a black American box (total dimensions: approximately 137 x 87 x 3.5 cm).
This is a unique piece, it comes with a certificate of authenticity (COA). The painting will be shipped in reinforced packaging. The high shipping costs are due to the non-standard size of the painting and the package.
Seller's Story
Georges Dumas is a plastic photographer, he exhibits and sells his works in France and Europe since 2007 through gallery exhibitions, shows and fairs, as well as several online galleries.
For more than 15 years, he has been creating mixed media works that he calls paintographies. These are paintings generally made on canvas that combine photography, digital composition and acrylic glazes, each time unique pieces. The human figure is the almost exclusive subject of these works, with an important place given to the nude and the drapery, in line with the statuary of Antiquity and the Renaissance. The crossing of techniques such as the importance given to mineral materials which replace the flesh of the models make the paintographies unclassifiable works, both classic and contemporary, familiar and strange, on the borders of painting, sculpture and photography, in an aesthetic of freezing and petrification which justifies that we can speak of virtual sculpture.
In 2021, Georges Dumas released "Corps du Temps", his first monograph with Éléphant Corridor editions. He regularly writes texts on other artists and gives conferences on visual photography, in particular on the Transfiguring movement which he founded in 2014.
Translated by Google TranslatePhantom pain is a sensation of pain in an amputated limb, even though it is no longer present. In this work, the naked man, even though we do not see his head or the lower part of his legs, does not seem amputated at all. On the other hand, we can see that the stone that covers him is damaged, cracked, an echo of erosion and the passing of time. But what really gives the painting its title is the presence of two hands embracing the man's chest, two hands that do not seem to belong to anyone, because behind this man, there is nothing but blackness, nothing but absence. The phantom pain referred to here seems to be the absence of a loved one, following a separation, a death: the other is no longer there, and yet one still feels them...
This work is made using mixed media on canvas and combines photography, digital composition, and acrylic painting (glazes and relief squares).
The painting is framed in a black American box (total dimensions: approximately 137 x 87 x 3.5 cm).
This is a unique piece, it comes with a certificate of authenticity (COA). The painting will be shipped in reinforced packaging. The high shipping costs are due to the non-standard size of the painting and the package.
Seller's Story
Georges Dumas is a plastic photographer, he exhibits and sells his works in France and Europe since 2007 through gallery exhibitions, shows and fairs, as well as several online galleries.
For more than 15 years, he has been creating mixed media works that he calls paintographies. These are paintings generally made on canvas that combine photography, digital composition and acrylic glazes, each time unique pieces. The human figure is the almost exclusive subject of these works, with an important place given to the nude and the drapery, in line with the statuary of Antiquity and the Renaissance. The crossing of techniques such as the importance given to mineral materials which replace the flesh of the models make the paintographies unclassifiable works, both classic and contemporary, familiar and strange, on the borders of painting, sculpture and photography, in an aesthetic of freezing and petrification which justifies that we can speak of virtual sculpture.
In 2021, Georges Dumas released "Corps du Temps", his first monograph with Éléphant Corridor editions. He regularly writes texts on other artists and gives conferences on visual photography, in particular on the Transfiguring movement which he founded in 2014.
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Date of print
2023
Artist
Georges Dumas
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Title of artwork
Douleur fantôme - Original on Canvas
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Giclée, Mixed technique
Height
130 cm
Width
80 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Nude
