This vibrant contemporary artwork features a striking blue background accentuated by lively floral elements and symbolic objects. The central focus is a pair of denim-clad legs suspended in the air, conveying a sense of whimsical weightlessness. The artist has employed a vivid color palette and playful, semi-surreal imagery to create a visually captivating composition. The piece, titled "Dangling Man, 2022", appears to explore themes of human existence, nature, and the interplay between the physical and metaphysical realms through its unique blend of representational and abstract elements. ...
Michael Hilsman makes non-literal paintings of objects and figures that explore the absurdity, magic, and latent spirituality of the physical world.
Utilizing formats associated with classical painting such as portraiture and still life, and employing a wide visual vocabulary ranging from naturalism to expressionism, Hilsman builds monumental paintings whose objects and figures are in a state of dissolution and fragmentation, often seeming to disattach from themselves and form anew, appearing both familiar and foreign.
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