"I Won't Get Fooled Again"

• I Won't Get Fooled Again was inspired by an unattributed image shared on social media; a Google reverse image search suggested that the image depicted a 1930s oil by Russian artist Konstantin Somov. After beginning work on a study, the artist did additional research and discovered that the source image was likely all or in part generated by Artificial Intelligence - should the study be abandoned? The artist solicited the opinions of his fans and collectors on Facebook, and the consensus was to complete the piece and tell the story of how it came about—a work that couldn't have happened the way it happened before the 2020s that is unmistakably the work of Gladstone, regardless of the source image
• Made with acrylic paints (limited palette of black, white, Alizarin Crimson, Primary Yellow and Ocean Green) over graphite on a 1/2 inch thick maple painting panel, gessoed
• Measures 12 by 12 inches
• Created in 2026
• Signed by the artist with his monogram cipher (PG) and dated "2026", lower left; inscribed with the title and the story behind the piece and signed again with the artist's full name on a label on the reverse

Additional keywords: male nude, interior, curtain