Photorealism
- Kennedy Motorcade
- Sisters of the Immaculate Conception
- Farb Family Portrait
- Macarena of Miracles
- Crayola
- Self-Portrait
- Buddha
- World War II
- Marilyn
- We Are All Light and Energy
Buddha. 1975
Oil over acrylic on wet sanded canvas, 70x96" - Saint Louis Art Museum
| Buddha is a work included in Audrey Flack's Gray Border series,
in which she expanded her subjects and iconography. The border as part
of the painted surface, a style which Flack frequently used. The
ribbon and pearls that extend over the border function as “color intensification
and diffusion” (Gouma-Peterson 72)
On one side of this work is the green Buddha (symbolizing the mysterious East); on the other side is a small white statue, symbolizing the mysterious West. The border slows our participation in the scene, removing it from us slightly. It adds to the mysteriousness of the work (Gouma-Peterson 73). This work includes the same blue chalice used in Marilyn and World War II. Using objects in more than one painting is common in Flack's work - through this she connects them. Many of the objects she uses are her personal belongings, which add a piece of herself and her emotion to the work. |