A natural progression from Bob Dylan's earlier and ongoing series The Beaten Path, Deep Focus confronts figures rather than landscapes using source material from films to present arresting images that evoke documentary candour and the camera's potential to manipulate reality. For Deep Focus Dylan selected scenes from films and transformed them into paintings, like film stills, another expression of Dylan's acute ability to fix a moment in time.
A private showcase of 9 works from the Deep Focus series will be on display at 144-146 New Bond Street.
鈥淎ll these images come from films. They try to highlight the different predicaments that people find themselves in. Whether it鈥檚 James Cagney or Margaret Rutherford, the dreams and schemes are the same 鈥� life as it鈥檚 coming at you in all its forms and shapes.鈥�
Bob Dylan on Deep Focus
