...a deathly serenade...

his favourite songs. On the wall above this sofa is
another of Yashu's paintings entitled: After
Dostoevsky and Dali: Manic Depression. Vanity
II…, 2007, speaking in an interview with GQ
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Magazine, Yashu said of the work, "This work
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consists of a room and a window," he said. "The
figure in the middle is a surrealist piece that
incorporates influences of Dali, Dostoevsky's,
'Notes from Underground' and Franz' s Vanity series.
The work is further discussing manic depression
and the realms of the segmented mind and
perceptions of transfiguration and humour. One of
a set within a triptych of paintings." From his own
words Yashu was very influenced by Franz and
this influence is very reciprocal as this painting
was one of three editions used as covert Art for
Vanity. Ares. It would seem that Franz not only saw
Yashu as "flawed" but, in actuality his paintings
acted as an important muse for his Franz's own
work - it seems their relationship was shrouded in
competitiveness, that Yashu, in his own right, as
an internationally known visual Artist for many
years, also saw elements of Franz's essence and Art
he did not agree with.
It seems strange, considering that Franz
kept close to Yashu, this has most definitely got to
be for a reason, of which, we are not totally aware
of, because their disdain for each other has been
infamously noted, but they both evidently
appreciated each other's work. I deem this a
competitiveness, which was inflamed by the roles
Artist's place on the concept most dangerous,
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