
The Vines
A tangle of actual wire vines climbs and sprawls across the roughly painted wooden surface, blurring the boundary between sculptural object and painted image. Childish's characteristically raw, expressive brushwork renders the surrounding foliage in bold, unrefined strokes, while the protruding wire elements cast shadows that become part of the composition itself. The work embodies his outsider aesthetic, rejecting polish in favor of visceral, direct mark-making and material honesty.
- Medium
- wire, oil on wood
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
December 11, 2013
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