{"product_id":"lhomme-endormi","title":"L'homme endormi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOil on OSB wood panel, by artist Tania Rivilis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize 35 x 45 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a black wooden frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA piece sparked by Carolus-Duran's L'homme endormi. I didn't want to \"recreate\" it. I wanted to sit with it, listen to it, and let it echo through a contemporary lens.\u003cbr\u003eAppropriation in art isn't theft; it's dialogue. It's a way of saying: I see you. I come from you. And now I'm going to speak back. Old master paintings aren't dusty relics - they're pressure points. They remind us that meaning isn't born out of novelty alone, that art doesn't float free from memory or inheritance.\u003cbr\u003e➖\u003cbr\u003eWe like to imagine we can outrun history, build culture from the \"now,\" skip the canon and still arrive at depth. But the older forces are still here, pulsing under everything - form and chaos, discipline and instinct, the Apollonian urge to shape and the wilder energies that want to dissolve the edges.\u003cbr\u003eWhen I revisit a work like Carolus-Duran's, I'm not borrowing; I'm entering a conversation that's been going on for centuries. The past is not a weight but a scaffolding - something to stand on while looking for new color, new gesture, new breath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen you are living outside of Denmark and are interested in buying this artwork, please contact gallery owner Ronald Hofman on e-mail info@spacegallery.dk for inquiries on how to order and get this art work shipped to you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPACE \/ 宇宙","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53146411827536,"sku":null,"price":22500.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/1917\/5668\/files\/Skaermbillede2026-06-15kl.12.21.37.png?v=1781519528","url":"https:\/\/spacegallery.dk\/products\/lhomme-endormi","provider":"SPACE \/ 宇宙","version":"1.0","type":"link"}