House of Cards, Season 2
Title: Bathroom
Description: An amazing image, embodying the delicate and complex relationship between Frank (Kevin Spacey) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). Frank learns that a general, whom he is now to honor at a public ceremony, raped his wife when the two attended college together. The viewpoint, we take as observers, is extraordinary. After we witness him commit a murder to keep his own secrets, we are reminded of Frank’s genuine loyalty, compassion, and humanity. Or is it merely a double standard?
And just for fun, here’s a draft image of the drawing in Reckhenrich’s studio:
Readers, please help us by supplying a caption for this image! *Quote or not, we want to see anything that offers an interesting or clever twist on the image.* And as a reminder, the winning caption will be hand-drawn into the blank space below the image. The reader who supplies the winning caption will receive a signed print and be named an official collaborator for this piece. Submit captions below in the comments!
Contest closes Saturday at noon (EDT). Winner announced Sunday. Next piece up in one week! Keep tabs on the project and contest at the project website here, review the project and contest details at the opening post here, or see previous posts in this series here.
October 31, 2016 at 4:34 pm
That was a fascinating piece to draw. The whole setting is so delicate. Max Ernst wouldn’t do a better ambivalente scenario. We hope again for some good stuff and comments.
November 1, 2016 at 7:16 am
Here is a quote I found in Shakespeare play Macbeth – the scottish play. I think the series has a lot do do with it.
“Only look up clear; to alter favour ever is to fear: leave all the rest to me.
November 3, 2016 at 3:56 pm
#imwithher
The parallels between Hillary and Claire are numerous … and the pro-Hillary slogan takes on a new meaning in this context…
November 3, 2016 at 6:39 pm
”Mirror, mirror on the wall, how did we become strangers to each other after all?”
November 4, 2016 at 4:10 pm
Hey Langes what a great connection to the old fairytales. Seems to be old stuff is more modern as we thought
Jörg
November 4, 2016 at 12:01 pm
“Fear is like backroom politics. It controls you.”
Sem Anne van Dijk – HKU University of the Arts Utrecht (Year 1)
November 4, 2016 at 5:18 pm
‘This is not a bathroom’
November 6, 2016 at 9:31 am
That is very much Magritte; that is not a pipe 🙂 – wonderful
November 4, 2016 at 6:38 pm
‘Kill the lie. Kill the truth. Birth a secret’
November 4, 2016 at 8:39 pm
Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make. – Medea, Euripides
November 4, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Rebecca how cool is that.. the classics are the bests.
November 4, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Is was me Jörg
November 5, 2016 at 9:00 am
”You people with hearts,’ he said once, ‘have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.”
– L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
November 6, 2016 at 8:01 pm
Cool! Love taking it back to something simple and childlike, but also nuanced!
November 5, 2016 at 2:04 pm
The gift of looking into ones soul
Will protect your happiness from shattering
Upon the sight of a broken mirror
November 6, 2016 at 10:53 am
Look at the piece next week. It seems we have the right one for the day of the day