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The Sleeping Fool


Clare Coyne

Posted on December 02, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Wonderfully evocative piece of art, dreaming, escape, reality..blended magically together.

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  • Clare Coyne
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  • Username: ClareCoyne
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
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Caption: The Sleeping Fool, Credit: Cecil Collins Oil on canvas 1943
  • "The Sleeping Fool"
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  • Summary: Art museum security guards spend their days in uniform, speaking quietly or not at all, surrounded by works of irreplaceable art. It may look easy, but the job requires a stressful degree of responsibility, poise, and silence. Some guards may begin to feel trapped inside their own thoughts, or even inside a painting. The Sleeping Fool presents the stories, dreams and thoughts of those who work behind the walls of an art gallery.

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