Angela Dufresne

Man and Kid

Maker

Angela Dufresne (American, b. 1969), (RISD visiting faculty 2004-2011; RISD Faculty 2012-present, Painting)

Title

Man and Kid

Year

2014

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

162.6 x 99.1 cm (64 x 39 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2015.3

Type

Exhibition History

Stranger Than Paradise
Jul 14, 2017 – Feb 25, 2018

Label copy

This painting depicts a barely clothed young man with blood streaming down his face; he emerges from the woods, carrying a baby goat. The relationship between the man and the kid is left disturbingly ambiguous, with no clear indication given as to whether the man was wounded while helping the animal or while forcibly abducting it. Dufresene’s intense evocation of violence-the blood on the man’s face-contrasts with the lustrous, inviting quality of the tree leaves and other vegetation surrounding the figures.

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Tombstone

Angela Dufresne (American, b. 1969)
Man and Kid, 2014
Oil on canvas
162.6 x 99.1 cm (64 x 39 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2015.3

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