Kenny Cole

Kenny Cole

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Statement
"Green Room Defense"
2013
mixed media
BUY
$700.00
240 cm x 320 cm
Niklas Nenzén

Niklas Nenzen’s “Green Room Defense” is a scene densely populated by an endless assortment of creatures and personalities, some literally “stacked” upon one another, others acting out a variety of pantomimes on and around a main figure lying supine on a divan. An inventory of the cast of characters and props begins to suggest to us the early days of the silver screen, with the grisaille rendering of the "people pile" behind the green curtains potentially signifying a black and white movie projection. Our main figure seems exhausted, collapsed on her divan, hidden behind a mask, while the cacophonous Hollywood premiere tumbles around her.


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