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Published: 2009-05-20 08:50:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 668; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 39
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oil on canvas, 205mmX610mmThis is a sequel to
Iraq 2003
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and Iraq 2005
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The title comes from Alexander Pope's couplet from The Dunciad -
Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
And universal Darkness buries All.
I sincerely hope there is no sequel to this.
The detail of two women can be seen in my scraps section -
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A looming threat may be worse than the act of violence and oppression itself...I am grateful to say that I have never experienced this...These women appear frozen with fear. Nice work using such vibrant colour to convey darkness.
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thank you very much indeed for a perceptive comment and compliments
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Is the hand reaching down to assist or take away? Or to protect ... os just to cast a shadow?
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what would be your guess about the hand?
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I think the hand is only representative of something much larger, much more powerful, than humanity can imagine. When is the hand not there? Is it always present? I think it is a prevading control (the hand) over all life on earth.
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As with all of your works apart from perceiving a strong human element, I am not looking for any political content. I often tend to view paintings purely from an artistic and creative perspective.
I hope that my bias does not put you off because I like your work very much. I love the sense of intensity and passion and dramatic color that are an integral part of all your handy work.
This is another really intriguing piece.
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Thank you so much Anne for loking this up and commenting.
Far from being '
For those who may agree [or may not] with my political views, the painting as such does not matter, message counts for more.Until very recently I too never bothered about aesthetics of it but these days I pay some attention to it as a painting too.
That is why, your feedback , becuase of your way of looking at it, becomes important to me.Glad I requested you to have a look, and thanks again for having done so.
and thanks too for the fav!!
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I do indeed and your really welcome
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Yes I hope there will be no sequel to your Irak series ! Obama said so but lately he's changed his mind about a lot of stuff I think 
Amazing as always. I'd love to see it in a little larger view tho (the whole not only the women faces).
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Thanks
I have uploaded a bigger image now.
I thought scrolling would be tedious , so had uploaded a smaller one.
Obama needs close watching, yes. Things are slowly turning sour there, I too feel.
Thanks for the fav too!!
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I don't recall the poem, but have enjoyed much of Pope's writings in spite of my opinion that he can be too didactic sometimes.
I really love the contrast in this painting, CK - the variation in tone gives so much depth to the work. The gradients in the sky are also very well done and the detail in the wall far behind the two figures is very impressive.
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Thanks Michael. I have also not read much of Pope. Actually, there is a semiautobiographical work by one Nirad Chaudhary, a scholar of Indian origin who settled in Britain and came to dislike India - the title of that work is - thy hand, great anarch.That made me look up the original.
Thanks for the detailed appreciation of the painting. It helps me a lot.
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It was a truly wonderful work, CK and I'll have to look up Chaudhary.
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