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拍品專文
The cast of characters who animated Kingerlee's paintings in the early 1980s included pagan as well as religious figures, among them pilgrims, saints, magicians, wizards and their familiars, Punch and the Christ child. Whereas a narrative would be implied in the multi-figure compositions, the pictures featuring single figures tended to be more enigmatic, reflecting the assertion of his acquaintance Patrick Hayman that 'paintings are ambiguous creations which may have many meanings.'
The kneeling figure in this painting appears to be clutching a crucifix to his chest, which would identify him as one of the faithful, perhaps a cleric or a saint. The sense of solidity and self-containment that the figure evokes is accentuated through contrast with the amorphous background, where painterly patches of pink and russet alleviate the otherwise monochrome treatment.
A year after this picture was painted, Kingerlee moved from his home at Treveor near Mevagissey in Cornwall to West Cork's Beara Peninsula, where he still lives. The move was inspired in part by a desire to live in a Catholic country, having been brought up in this religion and become disillusioned by the violence that he felt was inherent in British culture at the time.
We are very grateful to Jonathan Benington for providing the catalogue entry for this lot.
The kneeling figure in this painting appears to be clutching a crucifix to his chest, which would identify him as one of the faithful, perhaps a cleric or a saint. The sense of solidity and self-containment that the figure evokes is accentuated through contrast with the amorphous background, where painterly patches of pink and russet alleviate the otherwise monochrome treatment.
A year after this picture was painted, Kingerlee moved from his home at Treveor near Mevagissey in Cornwall to West Cork's Beara Peninsula, where he still lives. The move was inspired in part by a desire to live in a Catholic country, having been brought up in this religion and become disillusioned by the violence that he felt was inherent in British culture at the time.
We are very grateful to Jonathan Benington for providing the catalogue entry for this lot.