"Wings of Glass" Original Painting on Panel

Wings of Glass is a parable-in-a-picture of the inherent fragility of our hopes and dreams, composed as a mashup of imagery: Andrea Saachi’s c. 1645 oil “Daedalus and Icarus” is reimagined with the addition of body paint à la Keith Haring, as recorded in Annie Leibovitz’s well-known photograph; wings improbably fashioned of stained glass; Superman’s cape; and a colorful canine, with a certain resemblance to Haring’s iconic barking dogs, seems to be sounding a warning

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• Wings of Glass is an original painting on panel by Philip Gladstone
• Made with artist's acrylic paints on a 3/4-inch deep cradled wooden panel
• Image measures 12 by 9 inches
• Created in January 2021
• Signed by the artist with his monogram (PG) and dated "2021", lower left; signed again with his full name and inscribed with the title on the reverse

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