Monday, November 28, 2011

The Emperor's New Clothes



The Emperor's New Clothes (detail), Pastel on paper, 115 x 50 inches, DISAPPEARANCES 2011.

A drawing made up of pastels which borrows its subject from a Hans Christian Andersen's tale. Here Zachari Logan covers the nakedness with a swarm of monarch butterflies. The species which migrates on an annual basis as a group from southern Canada to Mexico is seen as a metaphor for a collective identity facing the sense of isolation felt by the artist.

Image Courtesy of Zachari Logans

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