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Artworks
ROBYN O'NEIL
Right and Left (after Winslow Homer), 2022Graphite on canvas29 3/4 x 40 3/8 in. Sheet
32 3/4 x 43 3/8 in. FrameCopyright The ArtistIn her reinterpretation of Winslow Homer's Right and Left, Robyn O’Neil transforms the scene from one of violent immediacy into a meditation on nature, absence, and instinct. Homer’s original brims...In her reinterpretation of Winslow Homer's Right and Left, Robyn O’Neil transforms the scene from one of violent immediacy into a meditation on nature, absence, and instinct. Homer’s original brims with tension; the hunter, the flash of the gun, feathers frozen midair. O’Neil’s version shifts focus entirely.
Rendered in stark monochrome, her two birds dive in near-perfect symmetry, seemingly guided by an unseen force. Without the hunter, the narrative moves from imminent death to quiet ambiguity. The birds are no longer prey, but purposeful agents in a moment suspended in time.
By erasing the human presence, O’Neil reframes the scene. Where Homer reflects on mortality, O’Neil offers a different kind of elegy that restores autonomy to the animals once cast as targets.Exhibitions
"American Animals," Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC, 28 April 2022 – 04 June 2022
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