Suddenly, I viddied what I had to do, and what I had wanted to do, and that was to do myself in; to snuff it, to blast off for ever out of this wicked, cruel world. One moment of pain perhaps and, then, sleep forever, and ever and ever.
– from Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange
During my senior year at Parsons School of Design, I began work on creating an illustrated version of A Clockwork Orange. What began as a photographic experiment of a 3 foot marionette with sculpted interchangeable heads expanded into an ongoing series of miniature paintings. Presented here is a sampling of the work created.
Alex’s torture continues through the conversion process. During one film, a German movie from World War II, Alex recognizes the soundtrack as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Alex cries out in agony for them to stop, calling it "a filthy unforgivable sin."
Beethoven
Mixed Media Acrylics on Masonite
4 x 6 inches
Painted 1996 by Matt ‘Iron-Cow’ Cauley
