Joseph Dorn, German
“Great Job. Now Could You Give Me One 8×10, a Couple of 5x7s, and 10 Wallet-Size? I’ll Wait,” 1832
Oil on panel
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Info about this artist can be found at his Google translated German Wikipedia page.
/// The self-portrait of Herr Joseph Dorn
may be viewed by some critics with scorn.
Everyone in this place,
(but the dog), shares one face.
Artist’s license, or how they were born?
/// The resemblances may be misleading.
At true likenesses, is Dorn succeeding?
Not a case of bad art,
or a joke on his part.
They are look-alikes due to inbreeding.
/// Just in front of the tall balding geezer,
Joseph sits, dressed like Scrooge (Ebenezer).
His three kin, standing back,
dressed in staid, sober black,
watch the model, stiff out of the freezer.
/// The self-portraitist views his reflection
with a rare degree of introspection.
But the unfocused eyes
of the other four guys
seem like victims of Botox injection.
/// So, why is it they don’t interact?
Why are all of their face muscles slacked?
I am staring, aghast,
at weird shadows they cast.
Are they zombies, or ghosts, or just cracked?