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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer — Mercy, Things are Gonna Slide
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer

Mercy, Things are Gonna Slide

2016

A turbulent domestic interior rendered in expressive, gestural brushwork captures a moment of emotional intensity, with figures and objects caught in a sense of unraveling chaos. Dupuy-Spencer's raw, visceral painting style draws on a tradition of confessional realism, imbuing the scene with psychological weight and working-class specificity. The title's allusion to Leonard Cohen underscores the painting's themes of surrender, entropy, and the fragile beauty found in moments of collapse.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions

Notes

Execution: Painted in 2016.

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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Mercy, Things are Gonna Slide, 2016

A turbulent domestic interior rendered in expressive, gestural brushwork captures a moment of emotional intensity, with figures and objects caught in a sense of unraveling chaos. Dupuy-Spencer's raw, visceral painting style draws on a tradition of confessional realism, imbuing the scene with psychological weight and working-class specificity. The title's allusion to Leonard Cohen underscores the painting's themes of surrender, entropy, and the fragile beauty found in moments of collapse.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
121.9 x 91.4 cm
Year
2016
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

American, Painterly, Expressive, Melancholic, Gestural, Abstraction, Earth Tones, Figurative, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary

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