The Van Gogh Wake

To say that the renowned Impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh 185390 had a dysfunctional family is likely to do a disservice to ordinary dysfunctional families everywhere In this unusual drama the family and one friend of the troubled artist gather together to participate in the customary ceremonies that are performed when a close relative in this case Vincent dies While Vincents brother Theo JeanPierre Lorit and his three sisters are genuinely griefstricken his mother Maria Meriko seems to be a truly stony character and her cold contempt and disregard for her sensitive son appears to be just as great in death as it was in life Fans of Vincents art will be particularly appalled by the womans attitude to her sons vocation and more so by at her actions