Clive Barker: “This is one of Mater Motley’s fools: 'fools' in the sense that, in Velasquez’s paintings that represent the Spanish kings, the fools in it are very often deformed in some way or another. The famous one, Las Meninas, with all the daughters that’s painted from a point of view with reflections in the mirror and a view into a back room – I think it’s in the Prado? – it’s huge and you can see Velasquez, and they’re all lined up, these little duchesses or princesses, and there are fools there amongst them who are the same size as the children. It’s also very knowing of the children themselves with a very ‘look at me, I’m a princess’ look on their faces, but they also have those formal dresses which make them look like little women, and the girls are probably no more than five, right? And the look on their faces is very, ‘I’m being painted’ you know?

"Unlike this one – you’re very unlikely to be a fool for Mater Motley and have a smile on your face!” Link to full interview with Clive.

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