through November 17th 2012
The present exhibition comprises a series of paintings entitled Allo! While an initial source of inspiration was Joseph Conrad’sHeart of Darkness (1899), the visual reference for the works was the final scene in the 1942 film The Moon and Sixpence, whichitself is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s eponymous novel from 1919. The plot is loosely based upon the life of PaulGauguin and revolves around a stockbroker who leaves his job and family to become an artist, eventually settling in Tahiti. Following his death several years later, his doctor travels to the primitive studio he left behind and discovers his paintings—swirly, colorful landscapes and nudes—moments before the late artist’s Tahitian widow sets fire to everything
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