Casimir Dupont 1980

Curator: Anthony Green's "Casimir Dupont" is an intriguing work. The support measures over two meters square! My first impression? A quirky, contained world. Editor: It feels like a dollhouse exploded, rearranged by Escher. The fractured space, the repeated figures... How does this speak to the making of art and its consumption? Curator: Green's technique, layering perspectives within this decorative frame, seems to question the traditional view of domesticity. The materiality of the paint, laid so thickly, adds a very tactile quality. Editor: Exactly! It's as if the labor of living is elevated, each fragmented scene contributing to a collective, perhaps overwhelming, portrait of daily life. Curator: I see it too, a sort of loving, yet slightly claustrophobic, family album made enormous. The sheer scale commands a different kind of attention. Editor: Yes, it’s hard to ignore the artist's hand. And by making it so large, so present, Green forces us to consider what we value, what we consume, and what we leave behind.