Choose your puppet - SOLD
Richard Mudariki (b 1985)
Choose your puppet - 2013
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 80,5 cm
Signed and dated bottom right
Sold - 2014
This painting is an interpretation of a puppetry performance. Puppetry is an exciting form of performance art that tells stories just like plays or movies. The characters in the show are pitted against each other in a boxing match – one contender is made of metal, appearing stronger than the other, but his joints are loose, and he is more fragile than he looks. Because the second contender is made of wood it seems obvious who the winner of the match will be. The backdrop keeps changing as the fighters move from round to round – who will be the victor?