Untitled - Thins on black is acrylic paint and pen on a plywood panel, approximately 24” x 30”. It was created by Amos Lemon in the Spring of 2016 in a period where he was creating many other works with the “thin” people. He captioned one drawing on Instagram #emaciated. Lemon was, himself, always on the thin side, and perhaps bordered on an eating disorder during this period, when he also began other forms of self-harm. These works were done before he had any formal training in figure drawing or anatomy, but as his father says, “Even though they’re wrong, they’re right.” The exaggerated forms have been compared
to those of Giacometti sculptures or El Greco paintings, both of which Amos was aware of, and also of the pop culture horror figure, “Slenderman,” whom he had been obsessed with at a younger age. The detail and control of line, especially in difficult-to-draw hands and feet, are especially strong.

The original was photographed in high resolution on a digital large format camera by Simone Associates. This giclee digital print was made on archival paper. Ink will eventually fade in direct sunlight.

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