the adieu 1

the adieu 1 by ger van elk

a practical critism

the grey scale colour scheme depicts an inexplicable feeling of bleakness and despair. the person bidding farewell in the painting upon the easel further compounds loneliness; as if your only connection with humanity is departing and leaving you behind in the foreground engulfed by black curtains. the physical distorted slanting frame blurs reality and surreality which evokes panic on the audience as the audience loses control of his reality. the effect this modernist work has on the audience is at once haunting and captivating.