{"product_id":"the-lost-original-painting-michael-dole","title":"The Lost","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"22\" data-end=\"545\"\u003eArtist Michael Dole’s \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"50\"\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) is a small, uncompromising painting about the violence of looking – and what happens when that violence turns inward. A young woman sits almost nude on a low stool, folded in on herself, her face swallowed by a curtain of hair. Her body is rendered with forensic tenderness, but it is not an erotic image; this is the posture of someone braced for impact. Behind her, a toxic band of acid yellow slices through the frame like hazard tape between soft flesh and a hard, unforgiving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"1205\"\u003eRead through the lens of bulimia nervosa, \u003cem data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"595\"\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e becomes a portrait of an illness that is as political as it is personal. The figure is literally caught between the furniture of a domestic interior and the brutal stripe of colour that suggests the glare of advertising, screens and the endless parade of “ideal” bodies. The external pressure to be smaller, neater, more digestible has been internalised; obsession and guilt have nowhere to go but back into the body itself. Dole refuses to tidy this up or make it pretty. Instead, he offers a quiet indictment of a culture that would rather police women’s outlines than confront the systems making them sick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003eSUMMARY\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1674\"\u003eArtist Michael Dole’s \u003cem data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1255\"\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e is a raw early work that confronts bulimia, body politics and the damage done when outside expectations are swallowed whole. A single seated figure, turned away from us, becomes a stand-in for anyone who has been measured and found wanting by someone else’s scale. It is a difficult painting, deliberately so – a reminder that disordered eating is not an individual failing, but a mirror held up to a disordered world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1679\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1694\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"2062\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1724\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1724\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1708\"\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: Michael Dole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1746\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1746\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1736\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1744\"\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1765\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1765\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1757\"\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"1799\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1799\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1778\"\u003eMedium\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"1831\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1831\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1816\"\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 49cm x 59cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1870\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1870\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1845\"\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Unique original (1\/1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1900\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1900\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"1888\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"1964\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1964\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"1916\"\u003eSignature\u003c\/strong\u003e: Signed and dated by the artist (lower right)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"2062\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"2062\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1978\"\u003eFraming\u003c\/strong\u003e: Presented in a simple frame, ready to hang or to be re-framed to suit your space\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Daughter Collective","offers":[{"title":"Framed","offer_id":51078988988711,"sku":null,"price":7900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9987\/3575\/files\/MichaelDole_Lost_Painting_2003_Insitu_1x1_01.jpg?v=1772227555","url":"https:\/\/www.daughtercollective.com\/products\/the-lost-original-painting-michael-dole","provider":"Daughter Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}