Ubu Imperator

Mediums: oil, canvas.
Dimensions: 100 x 81 сm.
Location: National Museum of Modern Art, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris.

In this painting, the artist’s knowledge of Freud’s psychological theories is on display. The spinning red carcass with human hands paints a rather unusual image of the Ubu Father, a grotesque symbol of authority invented by French writer Alfred Jarry.