The Hairdresser

© the artist. Image credit: Girton College, University of Cambridge

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Saied Dai says: 'The subject of 'The Hairdresser' is in reality a metaphor for the Artist and the Muse. The painting depicts a scene where all activity has finally ceased, but for the contemplation of the artist and his work. A complex composition is set up involving multiple mirror images, resulting in ambiguities between the actual and its reflected equivalent.'

Royal Society of Portrait Painters People's Portraits collection at Girton College, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

The Hairdresser

Date

2008

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 120 x W 74 cm

Accession number

533

Acquisition method

on loan from the Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signature

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Royal Society of Portrait Painters People's Portraits collection at Girton College, University of Cambridge

Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0JG England

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