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Matt Mullican Five Worlds, Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2021
Matt Mullican Five Worlds, Capitain Petzel, Berlin 2021
Matt Mullican
Untitled (Behind that Person), 2011
Gouache and oil stick rubbing on canvas
Signed and dated verso
191 x 124.2 cm
75.3 x 48.9 inches
75.3 x 48.9 inches
B-MMULLICAN-.21-0015
Matt Mullican has explored the notion of identity and fictional alter-egos of his personality through hypnosis since the 1970s. That Person is a symbolic character which represents the subconscious mind...
Matt Mullican has explored the notion of identity and fictional alter-egos of his personality through hypnosis since the 1970s. That Person is a symbolic character which represents the subconscious mind which comes to the fore through the induced hypnosis the artist puts himself under.