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The Dipped Painting Project

The Dipped Painting Project

Can something be described as beautiful if no one ever sees it?

In November of 2014, Oliver began the first of a series of performances during which he dipped his own fully painted portraits into vats of enamel paints. It is a process that permanently hides parts of the portrait’s features.

The dipped painting project overview

Dipped Painting No. 10

Oliver Jeffers

“I painted the portraits alone in my studio and kept each veiled. Prior to dipping. I never photographed any of the paintings. Therefore, the people present at the time of the performance were the only witnesses to the pre-dipped works. Their testimonies are the sole archives of each portrait’s unobstructed state.”

Wider shot paint cans in empty swimming pool

Dipped Painting No. 17 at Templemore Baths

Storyboard animation paper drawing
Oliver dips painting orange
Dipped 1
Dipped 2
Dipped Paintings Grid
Dipped painting teal green man

Dipped Painting No. 13

Dipped painting blue

Dipped Painting No. 12

Dipped 3

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