(The Artist as) Combustible Man

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Oct 13

(THE ARTIST AS)

COMBUSTIBLE MAN

(The Artist as) Combustible Man, aka Black Glove
Advay Mengle (b. 1989)
2025
oil stick, acrylic, charcoal, Conté, graphite, and water-activated pigment blocks on linen
27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm)

https://advaymengle.art/catalog/id/AM-540

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Artist:
Advay Mengle (b. 1989)

Details:
oil stick, acrylic, compressed charcoal, Conté crayon, graphite stick, and water-activated pigment blocks on linen canvas stretched on wood stretcher

Type:
Painting

Primary Media:
oil stick, acrylic, charcoal, Conté, graphite, water-activated pigment blocks

Additional Media:
brush, acrylic gesso, fixative

Support Materials:
linen, canvas, linen canvas stretched on wood stretcher, wood stretcher mount, canvas stretched

Date:
2025

Dimensions HxW in:
27x21

Subject Matter/Type:

Figure ▸ Human ▸ Portrait ▸ Self-Portrait
Abstract

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Marks:

By artist, signed recto lower-right in white: [AM monogram]

Catalog ID:
AM-540

Selected Associated Works:

AM-541: Study 140, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of acrylic on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540
AM-676: Study 201, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of acrylic on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540
AM-782: Study 233, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of acrylic and charcoal on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540
AM-783: Study 234, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of acrylic, charcoal, Conté, graphite, and water-activated pigment blocks on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540
AM-785: Study 236, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of oil stick, acrylic, charcoal, Conté, graphite, and water-activated pigment blocks on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540
AM-787: Study 237, Advay Mengle (b. 1989), 2025, digital reproduction of oil stick, acrylic, charcoal, Conté, graphite, and water-activated pigment blocks on linen, 27 × 21″ (~68.6 × 53.3 cm), from the series Ephemera, earlier state of (The Artist as) Combustible Man, WIP of AM-540