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16-JUL-2007

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Phil Douglis04-Aug-2007 20:30
Wonderful incongruous juxtaposition of fantasy and reality, Mo. The woman in the painting is free to follow her imagination anywhere it might take her. Such is not the case for the woman in that chair, who seems restrained in contrast. There is also great incongruity between the symbol of youth and the reality of age, unclothed and clothes, and facing away and facing forward. Yet ironically, the woman in the foreground is dressed entirely in flowers, while the woman in the painting wears nothing but walks through some flowers.