Alfred Hitchcock, 2006
By Sebastian Krüger
About the image
The master of suspense, film director Alfred Hitchcock, is instantly recognizable and perfectly spooky in this masterful image by extreme portraitist Sebastian Kruger. This portrait also includes a reference to one of Hitchock's most famous films The Birds, by way of a blonde doll being tugged at by a large black bird.
Sebastian Krüger's subjects are generally artists he admires and his portraits, while caricatures, always contain a great deal of kindness while at the same time thoroughly subverting "the world of beautiful appearances." This contradiction is at the heart of Krüger's work, a characteristic that has made him extremely popular with art connoisseurs all over the world.
Each piece is signed and numbered by Sebastian Kruger.
Release Notes:
Each canvas print is hand-embellished by the artist, so it must be shipped flat to preserve the artwork's delicate surface.
Special Feature: The print itself is produced on canvas, which, when stretched, gives the entire piece about 2" of depth, and thus forms a flat surface on all four sides. On the top surface, above the portrait, Kruger has included a small pool of blood - which is the source for the drip in mid-air that has caught Hitchcock's eye in the portrait!