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Brand New Paint Job (Cézanne Train Car)

Jon Rafman2013

Art Gallery of Ontario

Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Canada

In Jon Rafman’s Brand New Paint Job (Cézanne Train Car), Paul Cézanne’s Interior of a Forest, 1880-1890, has been grafted to the interior of a train car. The shadowy and mysterious composition straddles the line between artistic sacrilege and homage; an ironic mash-up of nature and technology, the past and present. Rafman’s use of a train car interior is an appropriate counter balance to Cézanne’s rhythmic and chromatic forest. On each seat, dividing panel and doorway the same section of the painting is used, creating a unified and repetitive setting.

Details

  • Title: Brand New Paint Job (Cézanne Train Car)
  • Creator Lifespan: 1981
  • Creator Nationality: Canadian
  • Creator Gender: male
  • Creator Birth Place: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Date Created: 2013
  • Painter: Jon Rafman
  • Measurements: 5714 x 4000 pixels
  • Credit Line: Brand New Aura, curated by: Stefan Hancherow, 2013
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: 2013 Jon Rafman, © Jon Rafman
  • Medium: digital image

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