David Shrobe
Riding the Wind’s Back, 2021
Oil on canvas, acrylic and white charcoal on linen, acrylic and colored pencil on wood, and canvas, silk, suede, wool chambray, canvas, acrylic, and faux suede fabrics mounted on joined carved wood
77 x 60 x 1 1/2 in
195.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
195.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
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In Riding the Wind’s Back (2021), Shrobe transforms forms of abstraction into suggestions of cartography and points on a map. A toppling statue head falls into the foreground resembling the...
In Riding the Wind’s Back (2021), Shrobe transforms forms of abstraction into suggestions of cartography and points on a map. A toppling statue head falls into the foreground resembling the face of the main protagonist who rides the wind as he’s lifted off the back of his horse in motion. He seems to be experiencing a moment of transcendence, his eyes appear almost closed as if he has been transported to another place even just for a second. The continuous falling motion of the statue head suggests the shedding of a former or outdated self or way of living in the world.