” The Fop! ” : a Character Portrait of Draco Adollphus B.
is NOW Exhibiting at
The Peg Alston Fine Arts Gallery, NYC
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About The Fop!
” The Fop! “
“The Fop!: a Character Portrait of Draco Adollphus B” is Multimedia Artist Danica C. Barboza’s latest sculpture of The Great Draco B.
This strikingly Life-Size figure, entirely hand-sculpted by the artist,is glazed in a narrative color spectrum of contemporary magazine clippings.
Flanked by a swirling arrangement of ca. 18th Century styled textile/architectural decor (appropriate to its title), the image of Draco Adollphus B is brought to life through his carefully rendered mid-motion pose, cutting a dramatically down-cast likeness of the iconic Draco B as he strides towards his expectant viewers.
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But, What … ( you may ask, ) … Is a Fop ?! :
Fop
Syllabification: (fop) Pronunciation: /fɒp/
Definition of fop:
noun
[Middle English: ‘fobben’ to deceive; Middle High German: voppen] (15c.)
1) a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way.
2)a man who is devoted to or vain about his clothing or dress.
[Similar to the term ‘coxcomb’ and ‘dandy’, ‘Fop’ as a pejorative, rose in popularity during the 17th-18th century]
Verb: Fop
(Verb forms: Fop, Fopped, Fopping, 1602)
1) to Fool 2) to Doop
Derivatives:Plural Noun: Foppery
(1546)
1) foolish character or action, Folly 2) the behavior or dress of a Fop
Adverb: Foppishly, Noun: FoppishnessOther possible Origins and relations:
late Middle English (in the sense of a ‘fool’); possibly derived from the German ‘foppen’ meaning to “jeer at, make a fool of.” Sense of a “dandy” is from 1660s,
Possibly related to ‘fob’ (“Fob”=”small pocket for valuables,” probably related to Low German fobke “pocket,” High German fuppe “pocket,” “a dialectal word used in Livonia” [Klein]. Meaning “chain attached to a watch carried in the fob” is from 1885.)
-OED+MWD+DB (edited)
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