{"product_id":"flying-back-home-1567-diptych-copy","title":"The Pretender","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is based on a found snapshot of a pink-haired girl seated in a lotus pose. Like many of Phil Davis's paintings, the image is drawn from a digital archive the artist has assembled over several decades. His source material ranges from mass media and popular culture—as in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'll Be Waving As You Drive Away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his recent exhibition at Fernberger, which drew exclusively from the 1970s television series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—to anonymous vernacular photographs, family snapshots, retrieved from other obscure corners of our image saturated culture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavis is interested in the metonymic function of images: the ways in which a single image can stand in for broader cultural ideas or systems of meaning. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the lotus pose operates as a signifier of spirituality rather than a depiction of any particular subject. Through the act of painting, Davis suspends the image's immediate legibility, inviting closer attention to the cultural associations and psychological projections it carries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-571e2713-7fff-a86e-4219-6815e96943a3\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eYear: 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMaterial: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDimensions: W 36 x D 1 x H 36 in \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51443621134582,"sku":"JSG-PD001","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/9735\/5766\/files\/JSG-PD001_02.jpg?v=1788210985","url":"https:\/\/jacquelinesullivangallery.com\/products\/flying-back-home-1567-diptych-copy","provider":"Jacqueline Sullivan Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}