Indklæbet foto af Michelangelos Cumaea, Det Sixtinske Kapel, samt en malet ramme 1913 - 1914

J.A. Jerichau made this artwork, Indklæbet foto af Michelangelos Cumaea, Det Sixtinske Kapel, samt en malet ramme, with an pasted photograph and paint. It’s not just a photograph, but a photo with a painted frame around it, a painted border that tries to contain it, maybe? Like the artist is trying to hold onto something from Michelangelo. What was Jerichau thinking, seeing this image? The thing about copying is, you're trying to get into someone else’s head. You spend time trying to be them. And in the act of copying, you can only be yourself. The edges of the painted frame seem to fade in places, like the artist lost interest in the lines and gave way to the materiality of the paint. It reminds me that every artist is in conversation with others, across time. We inspire each other, copy each other, push each other. Every work of art is like a remix of what came before, and a hint of what’s to come.