Monday, November 28, 2011

Sandy Skoglund: The Revenge of the Goldfish 1981


The picture is composed mainly of two contrasting colors, teal and orange. Both colors shift, teal from more blue to more green, orange from more red to more yellow. There are many fish, some suspended from the cealing, some lying on the floor, others interacting with other pieces of furniture within the scean, such as the bed, the night stands, the lamps, and the windows. There are two people on the bed, an older person of which the gender is nondescript, and a younger boy. The adult is lying  on the bed in a fetal position, partially covered by the bed sheets. The boy is sitting on the far side of the bed, his head is downturned. Varying textures, other than smooth, cover the goldfish and details on the dresser. The most realistic portions of the image are the people and the reflextion within the mirror.

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