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The original work was the right-side canvas, which I completed in 2019 for the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death. However, I felt that something was missing as a complete piece of work. After some contemplation, I could finally complete it as a diptych. The model for this piece is an imaginary figure that I created based on Leonardo da Vinci’s angelic study from “The Virgin of the Rocks”. I have observed that the sitters for art geniuses like Leonardo da Vinci have become icons of art and fashion, despite being portrayed as mythical, sacred, and literary figures. People often flock to museums to see these portraits on various themes, almost religiously. This brought to my mind a comparison with contemporary celebrity culture. My work explores the human mentality surrounding these iconic figures once immortalised in the name of art. I placed the creepered wall in the background, drawing inspiration from the scene covered with Virginia Creeper on a fine autumn day in the heart of the English Lake District where I am based to intertwine my personal touch with the above concept to embody it. Hence, the title " Virginia (after Leonardo da Vinci) Diptych". I'm happy to arrange shipping without a frame in packaging securely two canvases together in the robust cardboard box to reduce shipping expense. Please feel free to contact me if you prefer this way.
2021
Giclee on Canvas
16 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in
17.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in
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Hideyuki Sobue (b. 1965) lives and works in the Lake District, UK, yet grew up as an orphan in Aichi, Japan. Working with drawing and painting, two historic media that have served as a fundamental means of communication since prehistoric times, he explores the unbroken line in the relationship between art and humanity. Sobue uses an entirely original brush hatching technique employing Japanese sumi ink and acrylic. Created through a fusion of influences - the concept of Disegno in the Florentine school of the Renaissance, oriental artistic heritage and neurological studies - Sobue’s medium attempts to create a platform bridging east and west, and explore the interdisciplinary approach related to the human act of seeing. Sobue has exhibited extensively throughout the UK and Japan. Notable exhibitions include “A Letter to the Earth from Beatrix” commissioned by the National Trust and supported by Arts Council England
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