Auto Defenestra 100,308, 2011. 23" x 34". Acrylic, oil stick, pencil on cardboard.
Defenestration is the act of being thrown out a window.The word comes from the Latin de- (down or away from) and fenestra(window or opening). It came into fashion in the 17th cent. after a series of defenestrations were the catalyst of the Thirty Years War in Prague. Given the term's history it has connotations with political dissent. However it has also come to be a popular form of suicide, so called self-defenestration.
The work came out of a re learning of Cy Twombly's work since his recent death. I seem to have some sort of requisite dyslexia, called basic stupidity where I am forced to call him Ty Cwombly. But, despite the asinine workings of my muddled mind I have been seeing his work with older eyes and a greater understanding of why he painted what he did. Another object that has stayed with me was the pictures of the Falling Man from the September 11th attacks. The haunting image shows a real man leaping into bright firmament, choosing to die by falling through the heavens to escape the fiery hell inside the WTC buildings. My life took it's own nose dive through turbid vapor after being laid off on 10.03.08 which is the ultimate content of this piece.
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