Azazel

Label

This watercolor by Matthew Ritchie portrays the character Azazel, "The party animal . . . a create of unbridled appetite" and "the guy with no humility." The light wash of the painted-pink flesh contrasts with the aggressive figure and its phallic extra heads—their tongues protruding—while the figure’s open stance draws our attention to his groin. This work is not typical for Ritchie, whose work is often expansive in scale and subject matter. The fragility and aggression combined with the use of pink are provocative in the depiction of the male—not the female—form.

From the 2019 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, curated by Charlotte Grussing '19, Conroy Intern 

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 28-November 3, 2019.

Publication History

Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019.

Provenance

Phillips de Pury & Company, New York; sold to Hugh Freund, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2010.

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