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''The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times'' (1993) is an acrylic painting on a wooden table by the contemporary Australian artist Susan Dorothea White. Inspired by the composition and design of ''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'' by Hieronymus Bosch, White has instead depicted the inverse virtues taken to extremes – for example, gluttony is supplanted by "dieting", and "sucking up" stands in for envy.〔(''The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times'', 1993 by Susan Dorothea White )〕 In the depiction of each of these deadly sins is an animal or plant which has been introduced to Australia to ill effect, as the cockroach represents squandering and a feral water buffalo demonstrates indifference. Instead of the eye of God which Bosch placed in the center of his design, White has incorporated an enlargement of the iris of her pet cat, which represents Gaia, with the rubric "The Eye of Gaia Sees All". The artist has also produced a woodcut of the same title and similar composition and another large acrylic painting on a wooden table ''The Seven Deadly Isms'' - the latter has been described as a "Boschian extravaganza ... depicting such contemporary obsessions as Materialism and Workaholism in intricate figurative tableaux".〔Margolis, Andrew. ''White, Kahukiwa, & Hotz in lively shows at Montserrat'', Gallery & Studio (New York), Nov/Dec. 1998, p.13.〕 To view the "Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times" properly requires that you walk around it and view each of the sections, which are artfully integrated. The center is a nocturnal eye with the inscriptions "The Seven Deadly Sins" on one side, and "The Eye of Gaia Sees All" on the other. The sections are described below after a short, general definition from Princeton's WordNet. == Self effacement == Self-effacement is defined as withdrawing into the background, making yourself inconspicuous. The section shows three activities in one room: * a person with their face in a newspaper clipped to a line with many other newspapers after it. One hand is on the paper and the other is throwing the previous one away. * a person on their knees reading by candle light a book resting on a toilet, wiping tears from their eyes. The toilet paper is unfurled onto the floor where a violin rests and its bow * a person on their knees working on a wig made of thorns on the floor, where their old hair lies in their hands as they stare intently at it and play with it 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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