
Study for Pie Fight 8
2013
A visceral and unsettling composition, Adrian Ghenie layers acrylic paint and collaged fragments to construct a distorted human figure caught in a moment of chaotic absurdity. The work draws on Ghenie's recurring "Pie Fight" series, where slapstick violence becomes a vehicle for exploring themes of humiliation, history, and the grotesque. Smeared, gestural brushwork melds with torn paper elements to obscure and transform the face, blurring the line between identity and erasure.
- Medium
- acrylic and collage on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
March 10, 2017
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