Extravagancy of Time 2019

Michael Cheval’s 2019 painting *Extravagancy of Time* depicts a woman adorned with clockwork and other time-related symbols. She wears a dress made of a clock face, and her white hair flows into a long braid. The woman stands in a barren landscape, suggesting the passage of time, and the clock face on her dress seems to imply that she is a personification of time itself. This painting is representative of Cheval's surreal style and his fascination with the concept of time.