
Dancing with Bomberg's Dancer: Relief
A dynamic interplay of form and dimension, Larry Rivers engages in a playful dialogue with David Bomberg's iconic modernist figure, layering oil paint over sculpted foamboard to create a work that literally projects outward into the viewer's space. The relief construction blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture, giving the dancer's fragmented, energetic forms a physical presence that echoes the original work's radical breakdown of the human body. Rivers' characteristic blend of art-historical reference and material experimentation transforms an act of homage into a distinctly tactile and irreverent reinvention.
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on sculpted foamboard, laid on wood panel
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 10, 2015
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