Lot
23
Two Riders
Oil pastel, 2020
50.8 x 40.64 cm
Estimate
$1 800
Two Riders is an archival wax-crayon base layered with oil pastels. The pastel surface is carved away to reveal the often-unpredictable hues that dictate the image. The scene is set on a diamond pattern that is indicative of both medieval tapestries and board games. The two soldiers on horseback are retreating from something unknown. One of them looks forward, while the other looks back, holding a small white cloth. A hand is missing. Supernatural phantoms and companion dogs accompany them on their journey. Here, one is invited to consider the motivations of the figures joined in salvation and desperation.
Biographical note
Rebecca Munce, born in 1991, works with drawing and ceramics to map out internal ecologies surrounding cosmological bodies and individual earthly narratives. She has had numerous exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Italy, and Japan. Most recently, she has exhibited at FOFA Gallery (Montréal, 2018), Momozono Gallery (Tokyo, 2018), McBride Contemporain (Montreal, 2020), Spring/Break (New York, 2021) and Centre Clark (Montreal, 2021). She holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from Concordia University.