Portrait of Hermeneusius Zeitgeist
Artwork
Medium:
Mixed media ink, watercolor gold, bronze leaves and wax seal
Date:
1992
Dimensions:
Artworks -
Height: 6 in
Width: 4.75 in
Description:
Jester on a gold checkered background with red wax seal in upper right corner.
Historical Context:
Alejandro Pecorelli, was raised in Argentina, where his family's religious nature had a strong influence on his work. He works with mixed media, including ink, bronze leaf and wax seal. This work by Pecorelli plays with words from the German language often used within academic circles. Here a professor appears as a condemnable buffoon, who pretends to take the pulse of and interpret the Spirit of Time.