LOT 98
| Technique | Painting |
| Size | 140 x 90 cm |
| Availability | Available |
| Donation | 60% |
Freehand lines sweep across the canvas, creating a map of junctions; a bare, skeletal, collapsing grid. On top of the drawn “carcass”, fields of colour are painted to create the “flesh”, draped between earth and sky. Seemingly cheerful, and celebratory, the “flags” hold meaning and reason, yet they also distract the eye from what lies in the distance.
The triangular flags make insinuations to the viewer. The series brings to mind the Tibetan prayer flags often found strung along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to blessing the surrounding countryside. As wind passes over the surface of the flags, the air is purified and sanctified by the mantras which are written on the flags.
About Guy Shoham
Guy Shoham (b. 1971, Tel Aviv) is a London-based painter whose practice examines the intersection of beauty and temptation, and the tensions between high and low art, between abstraction and realism. His work interrogates the persistent dichotomy of kitsch and modernism and reframes the craft of painting as a site for critical inquiry.
Guy is represented by Keren Bar Gil Gallery, where he had a solo show in April 2025.
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