Jean Claracq
There is no Life or Death, 2026
oil on wood
óleo sobre madeira
óleo sobre madeira
14.5 x 16.5 cm (obra)
5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in (artwork)
21 x 23 x 4 cm (moldura)
8 1/4 x 9 x 1 5/8 in (framed)
5 3/4 x 6 1/2 in (artwork)
21 x 23 x 4 cm (moldura)
8 1/4 x 9 x 1 5/8 in (framed)
Millais’s painting is an icon of Romantic painting. It is also an emblematic image of drama. Ophelia dies off-stage; I tell myself she dies off-camera. Like our difficulty in framing...
Millais’s painting is an icon of Romantic painting. It is also an emblematic image of drama. Ophelia dies off-stage; I tell myself she dies off-camera. Like our difficulty in framing reality and confronting the daily drama of a suicidal way of life that poisons us.