Todd Murphy (American, 1962-2020)
Untitled
Charcoal, oil stick on paper
signed l/r
23in. x 23in (59cmx 59cm)
Framed: 36in. x 36in (92cm. x 92cm)

Provenance: Lowe Gallery Santa Monica
The image of a mature cow nursing human babies echoes the myth of the legendary founding of Rome on the Palatine hill. The twin brothers, Romulus and Remus were abandoned and suckled by a wolf, then raised by a shepherd.

Todd Murphy synthesized a wide range of mediums including sculpture, painting, film, drawing and photography in mystifying combinations. Existing between anthropology and avant-garde aesthetics, the artist’s inventive mixed media works draw from revisionist histories, literary archetypes, and philosophy as a means to explore the complexities of human identity.
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