Jehan Legac

On scale, presence, and the physical experience of standing before Jehan Legac's work. Tender Collapse 150 x 150 cm, 60 x 60 in. | Original Oil Painting on Canvas A 150 × 150 cm canvas does not offer itself to the eye the way a smaller work does. It cannot be taken in from a single position, at a comfortable distance, with the arms crossed. It requires the body to negotiate: to step back, to move closer, to tilt the head. The experience is physical before it is intellectual. This is a...

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