David Shrobe
Small Talk (Underneath the Moonlight), 2022
oil, acrylic, charcoal, wool, leather, vinyl, velvet, silk, sandpaper, linen, felt and painted paper on carved wood
75 x 56 x 2 in
190.5 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm
190.5 x 142.2 x 5.1 cm
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Small Talk (Underneath the Moonlight) is a title inspired by an album by Gil Scott Heron called “Small Talk at 125th & Lenox”, a location the artist is familiar with...
Small Talk (Underneath the Moonlight) is a title inspired by an album by Gil Scott Heron called “Small Talk at 125th & Lenox”, a location the artist is familiar with and close to his studio. It’s about a first encounter between a man and women in a landscape made up of architectural motifs that seem to float within a terrestrial paradise. The posture and gesture of their bodies gives a hint into what might be going on. She looks at him with skepticism almost as if reading his mind; a leaf hovers over her palm, signaling a kind of botanical knowledge and the power of plants. Their feet entangled in a kind of chess match, the move of her foot gives her the upper hand and speaks to a conflict that could ensue.