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A Real Handful (Self-Portrait) - by Michael Serafino (charcoal and colored pencil on toned paper)(2023)
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What’s the popcorn shape and sphere under his right arm supposed to be?
It’s a drawer knob, the thing under it is another drawer handle.
I don’t know what they symbolize here without the drawers being drawn themselves.
Maybe it’s three handles.
Looks like hardware from a dresser minus the dresser. Maybe it has deeper significance, or maybe the cigar is just a cigar.
A study in handles!
Good eye. I thought he was pulling and dropping fat from his body
Looks like ink dropping