Daphne Print

From the "Taken" series. Taken is a series of spray paint and acrylic paintings currently in progress, addressing historical depictions of violence against women. In the series, I take historical paintings depicting violence against women and remove and isolate the women from the violent context. I started this series because a lot of biblical stories, myths and legends that paintings used to be based on, where very heavy on violence against women, and in the paintings themselves, the women are more often than not painted by men and highly sexualized… the whole thing is just bad. The series so far has focused on subjects such as Susanna and the Elders, Syrinx and Pan and Cleopatra’s suicide. The series is very important to me and I look forward to exploring it further. In Greek mythology, after pissing off Cupid, Apollo is shot with a golden arrow making him fall in love with the nymph Daphne, who is then shot with a lead arrow making her despise Apollo. Further driven by Daphne's chastity, Apollo is set on having Daphne and pursues her constantly. When finally Cupid intervenes giving Apollo an advantage in his chase, Daphne knows that she will be caught, and cries out for help from her father, who turns her into a tree. Please note that the blue spray paint is a fluorescent colour, so may look different depending on lighting.

Print:Giclee on Canvas

Size:14 W x 21 H x 1.25 D in

Size with Frame:15.75 W x 22.75 H x 1.25 D in

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