‘Window closed, Wendy got old
I was too late, I was too late
A shadow of what I once was’
- Chance the Rapper, Same Drugs, Coloring Book, 2016
‘As children we believed we could fly. Flying is escape artistry. J. M. Barrie dreamed of delicious, childish flight, of being with the stars, of being a bird, of not being a man.’
-Carol Mavor, Reading Boyishly, 2007
references
Andy Warhol, ‘‘Shadows,’’ 1978-79, Dia Art Foundation, New York
Andy Warhol, ‘‘The Shadow, from the Myths Series,’’ 1981, Private Collection
Anna Atkins, ‘‘Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns,’’ 1854, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Arthur Rackham, ‘‘The Serpentine is A Lovely Lake, from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,’’ 1906
Egon Schiele, ‘‘Composition with Three Male Nudes,’’ 1910, Leopold Museum, Vienna,
Kerry James Marshall, ‘‘The Lost Boys,’’ 1993, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Laura Lancaster, ‘‘Ghost,’’ 2019, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Laura Lancaster, ‘‘Untitled,’’ 2019, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Marcel Duchamp, ‘‘Profile Self Portrait,’’ 1958, Private Collection