French artist Elsie Russel was born in 1956 and has had many exhibitions over the world. I find her work stunning, and in many paintings she mixes classical technique with contemporary references - sunglasses, electric guitar. This particular painting caught my eye, simply called Skull and Pomegranate the oil on linen painting clearly holds an allusion to the Persephone myth. The skull represents death and the underworld, and the Pomegranate is the literal fruit used within the myth. The background is plain which makes the pomegranates stand out more, they are the only object of any real colour within the frame.
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