The view of what the broken bull sees...out in the bleak distance...a competitor in a ring, alone...reminds me of the fighter paintings of George Bellows, this work by Eric Fischl...the action has already happened...the pain is setting in as the adrenaline runs out of the beast...bloody...not the heroic painting we have seen in the past, two equally matched foes, standing toe to toe...The posture of the bull is down, merging into the dark of the ground...becoming part of the environment, flowing down...the attention is on the bull form...it is articulated with defined brush work, developed and clear...the background is washed out and hazy...are these conceptual choices? The angle of the background crosses the angle of the bull...an "X" is marking the spot...the end.
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