Lady with Tongue out 1 Framed Printed canvas -Small

Funny wall art is not necessarily something 17th century Dutch artist Michel Jansz van Miereveld was aiming for with his oil on canvas work titled ‘portrait of a woman’ from 1965 but Graphic Artist Kirin Young who is one of our more prominent exponents of parody type art has given it a twist. The Tongue collection takes traditional pre 18th century portraits and keeps their grand formal aesthetic but injects some fun by the simple use of poking the tongue out. Lady with Tongue Out 1 shows this unknown young woman with a fine, pale face, look stiff in her clothes. The sobriety of the background further emphasises the formalness and stiffness but all this seriousness and temperance is quickly diminished by the tongue.