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Harland Miller — I’m So Fucking Hard - Ernest Hemingway
Harland Miller

I’m So Fucking Hard - Ernest Hemingway

A large-scale painting in the style of a vintage Penguin paperback book cover, rendered in muted, weathered tones with bold typography dominating the composition. Miller appropriates the iconic design language of mid-century pulp fiction to deliver a sardonic literary punchline, attributing a crude, self-aggrandizing phrase to one of literature's most celebrated symbols of rugged masculinity. The work blurs the line between homage and critique, using humor and familiarity to skewer the myth of the macho American writer.

Medium
oil on canvas

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December 9, 2015

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Harland Miller, I’m So Fucking Hard - Ernest Hemingway

A large-scale painting in the style of a vintage Penguin paperback book cover, rendered in muted, weathered tones with bold typography dominating the composition. Miller appropriates the iconic design language of mid-century pulp fiction to deliver a sardonic literary punchline, attributing a crude, self-aggrandizing phrase to one of literature's most celebrated symbols of rugged masculinity. The work blurs the line between homage and critique, using humor and familiarity to skewer the myth of the macho American writer.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Muted Color Palette, Contemporary Painter, Book Cover Art, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Provocative Imagery, Conceptual Art, British Artist, Contemporary Artist, Vintage Palette, Humorous Tone, Pop Art, Large Format, Humor And Irony, Bold Typography, Established Artist, Text-Based Art, Book Cover Aesthetic, Oil on Canvas, Literary References

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery