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Adrian Ghenie — Lidless Eye
Adrian Ghenie

Lidless Eye

2016

"Lidless Eye" by Adrian Ghenie is an oil on canvas work that exemplifies the Romanian artist's gestural abstraction and figurative distortion. The painting employs Ghenie's characteristic thick impasto and expressionistic brushwork to create an unsettling visual presence, with the title suggesting themes of surveillance, vulnerability, or psychological intensity. His approach blends abstract expressionism with figurative elements, creating a visceral and ambiguous composition that invites multiple interpretations.

Medium
oil on canvas on board

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Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction

March 4, 2025

Estimate: $500,000$700,000

Lot 3

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Adrian Ghenie, Lidless Eye, 2016

"Lidless Eye" by Adrian Ghenie is an oil on canvas work that exemplifies the Romanian artist's gestural abstraction and figurative distortion. The painting employs Ghenie's characteristic thick impasto and expressionistic brushwork to create an unsettling visual presence, with the title suggesting themes of surveillance, vulnerability, or psychological intensity. His approach blends abstract expressionism with figurative elements, creating a visceral and ambiguous composition that invites multiple interpretations.

Medium
oil on canvas on board
Year
2016
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Surrealism, Psychological Intensity, Figurative Abstraction, Portrait/Head study, Romanian Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Dark And Unsettling, 21st Century, Expressionist, Contemporary Art, Oil on Canvas

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Alex Capecelatro