An original 2003 oil and mixed media painting on canvas (one of two for sale) by the celebrated NZ schitzophrenic artist JAMES ROBINSON (beads; wax; paint; ink)

Original (not a print): You are bidding on the rectangular work with the text as follows:

The painted text says:

"If you were not alive you'd be dead"

"Shake off Ya Flesh-- Now: Wanna be your Dog"

A chance to own a piece of ORIGINAL NZ ART but at an achievable price

Intricate painting with multiple receding layers (note plane top left) and the way the artwork unrips to reveal under painting of people climbing ladders and various daemonic faces

#1 of a pair of 2 paintings (#2 see here sep listing:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Sell/Details2.aspx?action=sell_similar&listingid=1580132691)

It is not signed by JR who doesn't tend to sign his work but has text all over it in his style and was purchased at a 2003 exhibition of JR at the Centre of Contemporary Art (Chch) where I was a curator (happy to give you a signed letter of provenance on that if you wish) but it is obviously a JR painting by its distinctive style as any art buff could vouch

Canvas Size: 21cm long x 10:5cm high without the frame which is included (black painted chipped) 32cm x 15cm (no glass)