
My Relationship
1982
A monochromatic field of black acrylic paint is disrupted by a deliberate, visceral slumping or twisting of the canvas, warping the flat picture plane into a three-dimensional, almost collapsed form. Parrino's work challenges the conventions of painting by treating the canvas itself as both subject and sculptural object, evoking themes of failure, entropy, and resistance. The title *My Relationship* infuses the work with a darkly sardonic autobiographical tension, suggesting dysfunction and distortion as emotional states made physically manifest.
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 5, 2017
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