Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The use of the wheel for torture.


Two quick sketches on the Inquisition.

The naked man resigned to accept another whip.



One of my favorite drawings. Made in China ink for over 20 years.
A man wearing small swimming trunks brutally and frantically whips a naked man on all fours at his feet.  What he is beaten makes it clear that he accepts being there and whipped without contesting. The one who suffers the beating has a submissive and resigned attitude, accepting his place.