Miss Havisham by Pip Dickens

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‘Miss Havisham II’
2006 - 2009
oil and detritus on canvas
Dimensions: 152 cm x 152 cm

Part of the Fabrications series of paintings. Paintings in the 'Fabrications' series reference classical literary motifs as parallels for contemporary dilemmas - such as hedonism, greed and extinction. You can read more about the Fabrication series here.

'"...I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago and had lost its lustre, and was faded and yellow...the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress,looking like earthy paper." Excerpt from 'Great Expectations', Charles Dickens

Miss Havisham II, oil on canvas, copyright Pip Dickens