This is really great work you have done. Amazing find. A couple of questions...
What is the context of this painting? I.e. Where does it hang? Who owns it? Was it commissioned by someone specific for a particular venue?
Could you include links about this piece of art here in the comments so we can check it out ourselves?
Can you describe what made you zero in on this artist and this piece in particular?
Any archives available of discussions about it on the chans?
Thanks for posting this! When I am not on mobile I will look at it more closely.
One thing I can tell you is that the central figure is a very famous ancient Catholic/Byzantine/Greek Orthodox icon called "Christ Pantocrator". I can also tell you that the icon is a crazy match to the image on the Shroud of Turin.
I have no idea where this painting ended up, it was always marked as "sold" on the website.
I first saw the artist's work "Nobody's Pushover" hanging in the background of Comet Pizza, as pointed out by others on 4chan. It was just weird, and in light of other "weird art" many people scoured his website looking to see if he was "one of them"
He might be.
When you visit the website, and I know you will, see if "my" (GAM) painting strikes you like it did me. It's very different from the rest. Well, a handful of them are different than the rest.
I don't know enough about art to accurately assess what "spoke" to me, but I knew it was a map when I saw it.
To my subconscious' credit, I had been looking at maps of DC, the areas in and around Comet Pizza, DuPont Circle, etc. I recognized Arlington Cemetery first, and Connecticut Ave., And then Meridian Hill Park..
There are no archives of this on 4chan that I am aware of, I wasn't able to create my own thread to discuss it, (banned) but I was able to post it in someone else's thread, (not banned?) And that thread, as luck would have it, was archived immediately after, so it didn't get much attention. I tried again, and I am banned again..
I knew there were people here who might have something to add, so here we are..
Thank you for the new information, I had no idea this was anything else..
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Vindicator ago
This is really great work you have done. Amazing find. A couple of questions...
Thanks for posting this! When I am not on mobile I will look at it more closely.
One thing I can tell you is that the central figure is a very famous ancient Catholic/Byzantine/Greek Orthodox icon called "Christ Pantocrator". I can also tell you that the icon is a crazy match to the image on the Shroud of Turin.
Abcd123 ago
http://www.sesow.com/
Is the artist's website.
I have no idea where this painting ended up, it was always marked as "sold" on the website.
I first saw the artist's work "Nobody's Pushover" hanging in the background of Comet Pizza, as pointed out by others on 4chan. It was just weird, and in light of other "weird art" many people scoured his website looking to see if he was "one of them"
He might be.
When you visit the website, and I know you will, see if "my" (GAM) painting strikes you like it did me. It's very different from the rest. Well, a handful of them are different than the rest.
I don't know enough about art to accurately assess what "spoke" to me, but I knew it was a map when I saw it.
To my subconscious' credit, I had been looking at maps of DC, the areas in and around Comet Pizza, DuPont Circle, etc. I recognized Arlington Cemetery first, and Connecticut Ave., And then Meridian Hill Park..
There are no archives of this on 4chan that I am aware of, I wasn't able to create my own thread to discuss it, (banned) but I was able to post it in someone else's thread, (not banned?) And that thread, as luck would have it, was archived immediately after, so it didn't get much attention. I tried again, and I am banned again..
I knew there were people here who might have something to add, so here we are..
Thank you for the new information, I had no idea this was anything else..