Restoring Paradise , further details

The painting which is 10 ft. tall by 16 ft. wide is the largest painting don on a contiguous surface that he completed in his life time. It is also the first in the modern style that has come to define his future body of work. In it you can find many motif's that would recur in the future work of his adult life, the trans-Atlantic steamers in the upper let side of the mural being one amongst these iconic images.

The concentric spiral that he adopted as a trademark and reoccurring motif is found in its earliest form in the pupil of the eye of god that is shaped as both the eye of Horus in the cult of Osiris, and the fish that was the Ancient Greek symbol of the Soul or Christos that was latter adopted by the Early Christians. The bars within the eye are reminders that the all seeing eye of god that watches us all, bars himself from action, because he gave us free will. We are free to enjoy or destroy the Paradise we inhabit.

The eye also has a small fish etched over the pupil in recognition of the Holographic nature of the Universe. This is a manifestation of Carl Jung's Archetypal God-Self and the Atman-Brahman duality Expressed in Hindu Sacred Litterateur, The Upanishads. We are all the little fish within a larger unifying and mirroring larger reality. Hundertwasser said that Bro's Paradise was locked in a treasure chest and that the key had been lost. I think if you look closely you can begin to decipher its hidden symbols and its secrets will begin to reveal themselves.

This painting listed in Harry Rands Book Hunderwasser as in the hunting Lodge of the Countessa Castillion that was demolished in1964, was thought by many to be destroyed. Miraculously it has survived and now is in mid-conservation and is beginning to reveal its beauty for the first time to Hundertwasser fans to whom it as been largely unavailable and lost in obscurity in America. It sate forlorn in an old castle like mansion on the Gold Coast of Long Iland , unknown and forgotten to the owners until its salvaging and rediscovery.

Progress Report

It is a long time since my last posting and progress report and I want to give a brief update. On Sept 18 of 2010 we received an offer of $700,000 for the painting in its mid-restoration state , in thirteen crated pieces in storage. We have declined the offer from Christian Baha of the Austrian Hedge fund and continue to pursue funding sources for the restoration and the documentary film. We need $120,000 and $120, for the film. Cristian Baha had a difficult year and only made $85 million personally on the $1.7 billion under his management.

A friend of mine who's cousin just built a house for Carlos Slim of Mexico has promise us to contact him on our behalf. He is the richest man in the world and is building a MOMA in Mexico City. He paid $153 Mil. for one Jackson Pollack. I wonder what he might be willing to pay for the worlds largest Hundertwasser painting, for loan or purchase.

We are seeking grants for this purpose and have contacted grant writer to assist in this effort.

We have also become aware of three company's that are licenced to sell an art print of this painting by his archive for $350. We are applying for permission to do the same, but use our own , better photographic images, unavailable through any other source. We will also try to get a licence to sell all things Hunderwasser as are sold on his museum store. If people will buy though our online site, we could use the proceeds to pursue the restoration of the painting and the documentary film.

We are also getting an independent appraisal from Victor Wiener, the ex-president of the national appraisers association. We intent to approach banks who will lend against the painting as collateral. I will attach a file of a 25 page article on the appraisal of large scale art.

I will keep you posted on our progress. I have attach some close up photos that were taken of the painting that have been photo retouched using photo-shop. They are all copyright protected and can not be used for any reason without consent from us, as is any and all information on this blog.