King Charles unveils haunting red portrait of himself: ‘Looks like he’s in hell’…“On Tuesday, King Charles, 75, unveiled a new official portrait of himself by the artist Jonathan Yeo …“‘Does the first painting represent all the blood on his hands?’ one commenter asked …“Other royal watchers remarked that the painting looks … ‘like he’s bathing in blood’ and ‘like he’s burning in hell …’”https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/entertainment/king-charles-unveils-haunting-red-portrait/
What do you see in this portrait of King Charles?“… [This] color is giving the distinct vibe of blood …“ … [In] this portrait, everything except the king’s face looks as though it’s gotten a hefty dunk in some thick crimson plasma …“[Artist Jonathan Yeo] told the BBC that the butterfly (also red) hovering near Charles’s right shoulder symbolizes ‘metamorphosis and rebirth’ …“[Could] it also represent thousands of souls slaughtered by the British Empire, their wings beating fruitlessly against the chains of oppression? …“Charles’s face is like a disembodied specter of death …“Alternatively, perhaps this is an imagined depiction of King Charles rotting in hell …”https://www.thecut.com/article/this-painting-of-king-charles-is-so-red.html
Is Charles' portrait a warning? …Professor Geraldine Johnson, Head of the History of Art Department at Oxford University said:“‘… One does wonder … whether it was the King or Yeo who made the decision to depict a Monarch Butterfly in particular …’“Prof Johnson added: 'Red is … a colour we associate in everyday life with warning …’”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13418299/Charles-portrait-monarchy-artist-Kings-painting-red-butterfly.html
Jonathan Yeo has previously painted subjects including:Nat Rothschild, Lucian Freud, Lord Boateng, Sir Cliff Richard, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Fry, Prince Philip and Cara Delevinge.
Unveiling the portrait in a crimson-impressionism styled abomination.**Unveiling the Antichrist**
King Charles unveils haunting red portrait of himself: ‘Looks like he’s in hell’
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“On Tuesday, King Charles, 75, unveiled a new official portrait of himself by the artist Jonathan Yeo …
“‘Does the first painting represent all the blood on his hands?’ one commenter asked …
“Other royal watchers remarked that the painting looks … ‘like he’s bathing in blood’ and ‘like he’s burning in hell …’”
https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/entertainment/king-charles-unveils-haunting-red-portrait/
What do you see in this portrait of King Charles?
ReplyDelete“… [This] color is giving the distinct vibe of blood …
“ … [In] this portrait, everything except the king’s face looks as though it’s gotten a hefty dunk in some thick crimson plasma …
“[Artist Jonathan Yeo] told the BBC that the butterfly (also red) hovering near Charles’s right shoulder symbolizes ‘metamorphosis and rebirth’ …
“[Could] it also represent thousands of souls slaughtered by the British Empire, their wings beating fruitlessly against the chains of oppression? …
“Charles’s face is like a disembodied specter of death …
“Alternatively, perhaps this is an imagined depiction of King Charles rotting in hell …”
https://www.thecut.com/article/this-painting-of-king-charles-is-so-red.html
Is Charles' portrait a warning?
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Professor Geraldine Johnson, Head of the History of Art Department at Oxford University said:
“‘… One does wonder … whether it was the King or Yeo who made the decision to depict a Monarch Butterfly in particular …’
“Prof Johnson added: 'Red is … a colour we associate in everyday life with warning …’”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13418299/Charles-portrait-monarchy-artist-Kings-painting-red-butterfly.html
Jonathan Yeo has previously painted subjects including:
ReplyDeleteNat Rothschild, Lucian Freud, Lord Boateng, Sir Cliff Richard, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Fry, Prince Philip and Cara Delevinge.
Unveiling the portrait in a crimson-impressionism styled abomination.
ReplyDelete**Unveiling the Antichrist**