Since being introduced to Pinocchio’s character, I have always painted and drawn this wonderful marionette. In many of my paintings, Pinocchio has become the hero.
One day, I had the urge to paint a giant Pinocchio. I thought I would make him lean forward. I sketched him on a large canvas using thinned oil paint. Then, I very quickly made a sketchy painting on a small canvas. The space of the rectangular canvas was full of creatures and children. They were marching and holding banners and flags. They were protesting; they wanted to be free from all the rubbish and nonsense of adulthood.
The night after, I didn’t sleep and thought about that painting. A new idea was born in my brain, with the giant Pinocchio as a predominant element. I imagined a Merry-go-round, some beautiful wooden horses, my children and a few toys riding them—a carousel as a loony bin of life. The children and the toys want to escape from this madness. Pinocchios, as wise men, would help them achieve it. They should rescue the children from the loony bin of our lives.
https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/kasia-turajczyk-the-loony-bin-of-life-2202177
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-loony-bin-of-life/92256/2446346/view
