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original source: 'The Daily Telegraph' 20/03/08
The original photographic image for this transcription suggested itself primarily due to its relationship to the previously posted photo of the artist Chuck Close standing beside one of his self portrait paintings, & the sense of scale both share with their depictions of the human figure seen against massively enlarged images of the head.
The passing figure was included in both sections of the diptych to maintain this sense of scale during the drawing process.
Note too the inclusion in the advertising image of such familiar signifiers of desire as the sensuously parted lips & the strands of hair brushing the neck, & the male model's strong, masculine profile...
Chuck Close with 'Big Self Portrait' 1968
Soundtrack:
Lambchop 'I Hope You're Sitting Down'
Belle & Sebastian 'Push Barman...' & 'Fold Your Hands Child...'
Sparklehorse 'Good Morning Spider'
Duke Special 'Songs From the Deep Forest'
Sparklehorse 'It's a Wonderful Life' & 'Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain'
Portishead 'Portishead'
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