The Video of Dorian Gray

I snuck my video camera into the Art Institute of Chicago when they were exhibiting the painting, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Ivan Albright. The Art Institute owns the painting but they rarely hang it.

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• Dorian
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• Chicago

[Silent46]

If I can ask: How big is the original painting? It is because I printed it's A4 version and put it as personal favourite picture in my bedroom.

[MendySpencer]

85" x 45"

[scorpietta]

@scorpietta Well, not so subtle. Weird, but I'm drawn to it in a way. Prehaps because I am such a fan of the novel.

[scorpietta]

So it was just one version of the painting with subtle changes made along the way? Thank God I have already seen this before, or I'd have nightmares.

[mrspeel7]

I'm fascinated that this hangs in the same room at the museum as Hopper's Nighthawks, and Blume's The Rock.

I can just imagine school kids on a field trip coming in to view those paintings, then turning around - and, "AAUUUGGHHH!"

The Art Institute also has Albright's "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do" - a somber, haunting painting to accompany this one.

[GalerieKNOX]

Ivan Albright influenced me in my own painting.

He was so great

[not2esoteric]

I went to see the Art Institute's exhibit celebrating Albright's centennial just to see that painting. It's astounding. I read that Albright used florescent paint as highlights knowing the sequence would be filmed in technicolor and would stand out better under the glare of the klieg lights.

[ofwolfandwhiplash]

I just saw it today, fucking badass

[marcusa222]

Cool Video. Fun info: It's my understanding that Henrique Medina did the original version of Dorian before he aged and Ivan Albright was hired to make "changes" to the painting of Dorian as he 'aged' through the film. During filming he would make subtle changes and until the complete horror is shown at the end. Ivan was known for painting the bizarre and scary side of life.

[Silent46]

And the second hand, it's nothing- just his thumb coming out of the fist.

[Silent46]

If you mean the hand on the table, he's holding a beige glove. Before Dorian's wish, he was holding two gloves. But after taking his sins, he is holding one glove- the other lies on the demented carpet.