Tim Schultz, Eccentric Melancholy, 2020, oil and acrylic on linen, 113.00 x 150.00 x 5.00 cm, TCG22075
(photo: The Commercial)

Here the male lesbian sleeps within the exorbitant whirlwind of a bacchanalian dream. He is Tannhauser asleep in the cave of Venusberg. To the left are Venus, Cupid and the Three Graces, to the right a procession of satyrs and bacchantes. A tear glistens on Tannhauser’s cheek. The colour of the picture is the silver alchemical element, mercury.