Simón Arrebola
The Great Frost. Frozen Tamesis., 2020
Oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
Copyright The Artist
The series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter...
The series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter dedicated to her girlfriend Vita Sackville-West.
In The Great Frost. Frozen Thames speaks of heartbreak alluding to the scene in which Orlando is abandoned by his beloved Sasha. This idyll took place during The Great Frost, a harsh winter that took place in England during 1608-09 where the Thames came to freeze. Hence that hole appears at the bottom and an orange-haired figure (Orlando as a man) is willing to jump on a trampoline and avoid despair over the abandonment of his beloved.
In The Great Frost. Frozen Thames speaks of heartbreak alluding to the scene in which Orlando is abandoned by his beloved Sasha. This idyll took place during The Great Frost, a harsh winter that took place in England during 1608-09 where the Thames came to freeze. Hence that hole appears at the bottom and an orange-haired figure (Orlando as a man) is willing to jump on a trampoline and avoid despair over the abandonment of his beloved.