In Currado Malaspina's native France and within the stridulous intellectual milieu in which he uneasily resides, the deep dark fissure between the lofty heights of "fine art" and the purgatorially compromised world of the "commercial" is an unreconciled and irreconcilable breach. In the face of numberless entreaties and innumerable requests my principled friend has never descended into the mercenary world of advertising and illustration. He has always stubbornly clung to the traditional idea of le peintre in that profoundly European way.
At least that has been the case until he began treatment for an enlarged prostate. Between the cracks of les urgences and les médecins généralistes, Currado's aggressive and experimental treatments are not fully covered by La Sécurité Sociale. His mounting medical bills have been putting a profound strain upon his modest fortunes. His prudish imperturbability, by the sheer force of desperate necessity, has moved Currado into the previously uncharted world of retailing his talents.
Commissioned by Presse Pousse to supply an original image for Gilles Grancrâne new novel The Fetid Field (Le Champ Fétide), Currado reluctantly hired a private tutor and learned how to use Photoshop. Inevitably drawn to the traditional flaws of human handiwork, he insisted on incorporating a painterly rendering to go with the glitzy computer generated image.
And so here is an original Malaspina rendition of the traditional author's slipcase portrait.
Rumor has it that Grancrâne is apoplectic with what may very well be a wholly justified and understandable rage.
My dear Currado - please get well soon!
At least that has been the case until he began treatment for an enlarged prostate. Between the cracks of les urgences and les médecins généralistes, Currado's aggressive and experimental treatments are not fully covered by La Sécurité Sociale. His mounting medical bills have been putting a profound strain upon his modest fortunes. His prudish imperturbability, by the sheer force of desperate necessity, has moved Currado into the previously uncharted world of retailing his talents.
Commissioned by Presse Pousse to supply an original image for Gilles Grancrâne new novel The Fetid Field (Le Champ Fétide), Currado reluctantly hired a private tutor and learned how to use Photoshop. Inevitably drawn to the traditional flaws of human handiwork, he insisted on incorporating a painterly rendering to go with the glitzy computer generated image.
And so here is an original Malaspina rendition of the traditional author's slipcase portrait.
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| Gilles Grancrâne from Le Champs Fétide, Currado Malaspina, 2013 (Courtesy of Presse Pousse) |
My dear Currado - please get well soon!
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