EastVan Pietà v2
Artist
LT Playfair (Brutalist Figuration)Size
27.56" H x 22.36" WDate
2020Description
EastVan Pietà v2 relocates the traditional Pietà—an image of grief, suffering and vulnerability—to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES).
More raw and stripped back than the first version, the female figure is reduced to tears, red scratches and a handful of decisive marks, with another presence behind her.
Rather than romanticizing the scene, the work reduces it to its essential human signals: exposure, suffering, witness and the marks that remain.
Published in Original Sketches: The Early Years (2018–2021)Try it!
