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Michael Phelan - Temptation of the Apple (New Zealand)
Pastel
Size 14 cm x 14 cm
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Certificate
M2025PSL000113PA
Association Organization
PAPAT 10th Anniversary International Pastelist Special Exhibition
Creation Year
None
Condition Status
Well
Supplier
PAPAT / 202550
Introduction
Through extreme realism, it gazes into the sensory temptations of the everyday. The green apple in the image is covered in droplets of water, as if it has just been taken out of the fridge, fresh and dripping, evoking the viewer's most primal taste and tactile imagination.
Freeman is not merely reproducing reality; he is challenging the essence of "seeing." In this work, the apple is not just food but becomes a symbol—representing the tension between desire, freshness, purity, and temptation. While the image is still, it is imbued with a dynamic tension of something about to be touched or bitten into.
This is a contemporary representation of the classic still life tradition, as well as a subtle poetry of the tug-of-war between "desire and restraint."
Freeman is not merely reproducing reality; he is challenging the essence of "seeing." In this work, the apple is not just food but becomes a symbol—representing the tension between desire, freshness, purity, and temptation. While the image is still, it is imbued with a dynamic tension of something about to be touched or bitten into.
This is a contemporary representation of the classic still life tradition, as well as a subtle poetry of the tug-of-war between "desire and restraint."
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