Magician Series Of Paintings
The Magician. Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s collection. Part of a series of paintings called The Magician.
The hero of the paintings references a paparazzi photographer from the 1930s known as Weegree who had an uncanny ability to find and photograph a crime scene sometimes even before the police arrived.
The magician V2
The Magician v2. 122 x 91 cm Acrylic painting on paper from the 1990s collection.
The magician V2
The Magician – Acrylic painting on paper, painted in the 1990s.
The magician V3
The Magician v3. 168 x152 cm Acrylic painting on canvas
Better known as Weegee (his professional name, after an Ouija board), his actual name was Usher Fellig. It turned out that he actually had his radio tuned to the police frequency.
His voyeuristic photographs exposed the underbelly of New York City, mixing popular culture with the experience of immigrants and the working classes, catching the attention of both the news media and the fine art community. Learn more about the magician/Weegee in the video,
Video – Weegee Tells How, In His Own Words
“To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.” Weegee.
The Magician V4
The Magician v4. 114 x 127 cm Acrylic painting on canvas from the 2000s artists collection
