Rabbitman Dreams of Dark Matter, ©Ed Gendron 2022, Limited Edition of 40
An archival print / original artwork by Ed Gendron
This is a limited edition (of 40 total) by Ed Gendron. When they're gone - they're just gone.
(watermark is for display purposes only)
This picture is part of an yet-unnamed series. I loved the idea of finding a box of vintage photos from some other reality or universe. When I began this series, I was very interested in surrealism as well as making something purposefully irreverent. A lot of art, (including some of mine) has lofty concepts - but this series really just revels in the absurd. Sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's grotesque. Sometimes I worked with a lot of "platitudes" or tropes. I began this series in oil painting. But it has expanded to digital photography and found images as well.
Dark Matter is fascinating to me. It's still a great mystery of the universe that we know very little about. It gets its name, "dark", because we can't see it or observe it well. Really we can only observe some of the effects it has... kind of like the "invisible man" picking up an object and moving it around the room. Scientists believe that it's actually 85% of the matter in the universe. What if 85% of people were invisible? Think of the great effect they would have on ...well, everything. And think how constantly confused we would be, trying to understand the world around us.
I'm no scientist, but I like to romanticize it in the way that Gordon Sumner did, when he wrote the song "the Invisible Sun"
"There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done"
This image originated in a found, vintage, B/W photo... but it has certainly become something else. This photo was (obviously) reworked and hand colored. If you like this kind of work, then check out some of my other "Pop Surrealist" photos/paintings in this series. As the Talking Heads advised us "Stop Making Sense".
I'm offering two different sizes, choose Small or medium size.
Please choose "art only" or "framed, and ready to hang"
• The Medium framed version of this print arrives in a white or black frame and clear polystyrene cover. Signed on the back, Frame size 16x20 inches, comes with matte, wired, and ready to hang.
• The Medium unframed version arrives packaged in protective cellophane and inside a sturdy cardboard mailer. This option is less expensive for those who wish to choose a different frame, or already have a frame, or
simply wish to show it unframed.
Image size is approximately 10x15 inches
• The small unframed version arrives packaged in protective cellophane and inside a sturdy cardboard mailer. This option is less expensive for those who wish to choose a different frame, or already have a frame, or
simply wish to show it unframed.
Image size is approximately 8x10
• The small framed version of this print arrives in a white or black frame and clear polystyrene cover. Signed on the back, Frame size 8x10 inches, comes wired and ready to hang.
All prints are archival prints, and signed by myself, for authenticity. This edition is limited to 40 prints. The paper is acid-free, smooth, and archival (photo matte and 105 gsm). Prints are printed in my studio in New Haven, CT.
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