Mutual Congratulations
BANTING, John
Image: © Estate of John Banting. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
A British Surrealist work depicting two chess pieces with skulls on top, which represent the upper class of Britain. They are hollow like death and the mutual congratulations are just as empty as they annul each other. The sarcasm of John Banting's work is a reflection of his disapproval of the superficiality as he saw it of the English high society.
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