GOLFBALL (ORIGINAL)
£400.00
ORIGINAL oil painting on canvas by Jodi Couper
40x95cm
'Inspired by paintings of St. John the Baptist (Caravaggio’s Salome with the head of john the babtist), the floating head resembles a golf ball. With vast empty space above, painted like the smooth grass of the playing field, there isn’t really an aura of martyrdom, yet more of a mockery of the decapitated head. The vertical canvas echoes traditional religious altarpieces, and the exadurated makeup is a hallmark of drag performance. Celebs are sacrificied on the altar of obsession. The cheeky smile, suggests this celeb/saint was a willing participant in the process of becoming an icon. GOLFBALL questions how modern saints are chosen. Talent? Appearance?
Spectacle?'