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A painting of a man painting a painting, who is inadvertently caught in the mirror behind and is shown to be painting a painting of a man painting a painting of a man painting a painting of a man... I did this in 201213 and had much fun doing it. The problem of first causes is at the root of this painting: how impossible it is for human beings to comprehend the world in which they find themselves given their nature and the conceptual apparatus in which they are trapped.
The Impossibility of Knowledge was created by artist Mark John Maguire in 2013. This art piece is a Paintings artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Existentialism, Fine Art, Modernism, Realism. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Figurative, Mirrors, People, Window on the World. The artwork was created in Canvas, Oil, Painting. The size of the original art is 38 (inches) H x 55 (inches) W.
Words which artist Mark John Maguire feels best describe this work of art are: A man painting a painting of a man, infinity principle, impossibility of knowledge, solipsism, paradox, secret of the universe, the human dilemma, Mark John Maguire, modern art in Wales, Contemporary UK art, intellectual art, .
About Mark Maguire
I was born in Liverpool and was educated at the University of Manchester, Swansea University and the Polytechnic of Wales where I studied History, Philosophy and Intellectual and Art History (MA). I have lived and worked in Ireland, Germany, Holland and the UK as a barman, labourer, soldier, Aircraft sealer, Trade Marks Examiner, Ministerial Policy Adviser in Trade & Industry (London), Head of International Relations at the Welsh Office and Principal Private Secretary to the Presiding Officer at the National Assembly for Wales.
I left the Civil Service in 2005 and dedicated myself to art and writing. My large, vibrant and luminous paintings are metaphysical in approach and, as with my writing, personal and intense. They frequently convey contemporary urban realism in a ruined, isolated or detached landscape. The figures in them are always captive watchers of their environment or circumstances, trapped by their inability to communicate. I call these works "narrative" because what is important in the paintings is what happens before or after the moment depicted - the viewer must move beyond the canvas to ascertain this. My smaller paintings are "etudes", conceived as intimate studies of the mood and condition of individuals. They are almost always painted in blue.