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Adders and Ladders Homage to the Cinema Published by Faine Contemporary Art 2015
Adders and Ladders is the second version of a work is based on the Snakes and Ladders game of chance in which ascending the ladders is a reward for virtue while vice is penalised by sliding down the snakes. There are always more snakes then ladders, as it has always been held that it is easier to follow the path of vice than adopt that of virtue. In this work each of the 100 squares contains the name of a Matinee idol or Hollywood star whose surname ranges from A to Z. As with the traditional game images are placed on the head and tail of the snakes, and at the top and bottom of the ladders. Each 'star' is positioned randomly and the selection of whether a person is on a ladder or a snake is determined by a famous or infamous role portrayed by them (Henry Fonda usually plays a worthy character, but in 'Once Upon a Time in the West' he even kills children), or perhaps a little unfairly by the populist view of them as portrayed by the media. The randomly selected images reflect or refer to some aspect of their movies or an element in the life of one of their characters. Adders and Ladders is a signed limited edition comprising 5 digital prints on canvass, each finished with a hand applied satin protection varnish and an diamond dust on the Snakes. |
Canvases from 2015
