Keeping it for Myself

Oddly alluring, half-remembered subjects populate the large-scale canvases of young British painter, George Rouy.

Reprising an original painting from his Maelstrom series, Keeping it for Myself – the...

Oddly alluring, half-remembered subjects populate the large-scale canvases of young British painter, George Rouy.

Reprising an original painting from his Maelstrom series, Keeping it for Myself – the artist’s first ever print edition – centres on the cut finger and steady gaze of its fleshy pink figure. Sanguine symbolism connects the work with canonical religious painting, and ultimately serves as a playful yet poignant reminder that “when everything is stripped away, the only thing we own – and yet can’t control – is our mortality.”

  
George Rouy
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Edition details
Dimensions
68cm x 53cm
Medium
Hand-pulled 21-layer screenprint with a matte finish on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper.
Finishing
Individually signed and numbered by the artist.
Release date
February 24, 2022
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