The Parable of the Blind (Pieter Bruegel the Elder Improvisation)
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- Artwork printed by EPSON Stylus Pro 7880 (Epson Ultra Chrome K3 Vivid Magenta) on canvas.
- Limited edition prints of 100. Each artwork will be individually printed, signed, dated and numbered by the artist Vladimir Zunuzin.
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- Year created: 2009
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions (cm): 142x200
This composition reimagines a classic theme through a fragmented, expressive lens. At its center, a haunting face with piercing red eyes emerges from a haze of bold greens, yellows, and muted grays, capturing attention with unsettling intensity. Surrounding brushstrokes blur boundaries between figure and environment, suggesting instability and disorientation.
To the right, a bent figure with a stick recalls the vulnerability of blindness, rendered in loose strokes that emphasize movement and fragility. The overlapping forms, half-recognizable, half-abstract, echo the uncertainty of perception itself. Faces dissolve into patches of color, as if sight and identity are slipping away in fractured glimpses.
The painting balances chaos with structure, layering abstraction over human presence to convey fragility and resilience. The central gaze feels both accusatory and pleading, while the surrounding figures navigate uncertainty. It becomes a meditation on human limitation—how vision can fail, yet awareness persists in fragmented, fleeting impressions of the world.
