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1. ken - February 29, 2008

Oppositions in 156 (marcus & commodus):

‘good’ emperor / ‘bad’ emperor

greeting / threat

father / son

philosopher / fool

rational / irrational

figure / ground

parts / whole

region / empire

front / back

revealed / hidden

external / internal

intentional / inadvertent

painting / sculpture

module / pattern

visual / tactile

before / after

black / white

warm / cool

positive / negative

Some other considerations: Osiris, Janus, a coin

2. Phineas - February 29, 2008

Does this hang on a wall, with parts hidden? Or does it hang in the center of a room somehow such that both sides are visible?

3. ken - February 29, 2008

They hang on the wall. The apparatus visible on the left and right outside the frame edges (in the version of the image here on Phineas the right one has been cropped off) have hangers on both faces which can hold the painting on the wall either way. Whoever hangs them has to decide each time which way they go. Murder of Abel, the previous painting of this type, has been on the wall twice at Pierogi Gallery, once each way. When one side is seen, the other side always faces the wall, so they embody unequal symmetry.