Talk about being NAILED. This iteration of the ongoing theme is the most graphic of the seven paintings in the Septet.
The figure in the foreground is, in fact, a mannequin who has been pierced through by a vicious bent nail. The pain is excruciating, if not augmented by the nail going through the side of his hat into his head. Another nail has been pushed through his raised hand and if this was not enough, he is directing the hammer at his head.
The earlier series Repairs¿ has reappeared with a vengeance. The figure behind manages the long-bent nail with calm. Behind there a giant stone wall with a razor sharp prow that suggests a ship made of the stone. The wailing wall as the ship of lost souls. Who knows?
A metal pole somehow has impaled the lead figure. All matters of pain and destruction and the question is: What is the meaning of this scene?
These two figures again engaged in destruction and death with nails as the instruments of killing.
They are also the nails of the crucifixion.
The lead figure is also a cutoff display figure all attired as if he is complete.
The stone wall behind appears to be the side of a massive ship.
The oxymoron of a ship made of stone.
It cannot float and becomes a monument to the hope of escape and survival.
The raised hand is pierced with the nail of the stigmata.
Humankind being sacrificed and to what end?
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