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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Cecilia Paredes, Mercury, 2013

Cecilia Paredes Peruvian, b. 1950

Mercury, 2013
Archival pigment print
36.8 x 50.8 cm
14 1/2 x 20 in
Edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs
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'This works represents Mercury, the swift god who travels, navigates, transports, carries messages and connect affairs. But here Mercury is depicted as a poor, hard working messenger, with scuffed shoes...
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"This works represents Mercury, the swift god who travels, navigates, transports, carries messages and connect affairs.
But here Mercury is depicted as a poor, hard working messenger, with scuffed shoes and wings held with rusted old wires. He is the Andean Mercury.
The shoes are really small (not more than 10 cm) but the amazing fact is that their creases do not correspond to that of a child’s. Neither does the elegance of the material, pure linen over leather.
So l assume these are from a grown up but small person."
Cecilia Paredes

Like a messenger from the past, exhausted after a long and tiresome trip to adulthood, Cecilia Paredes' Mercury invite us not to forget the magic of childhood.

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"Cette photo représente Mercure, le dieu Grec qui voyage, navigue, transporte des messages et connecte les affaires. Mais Mercure est ici dépeint tel un pauvre messager au dur labeur, portant des chaussures élimées et des ailes rattachées par de vieux fils de métal rouillé. C'est le Mercure des Andes.
Ses chaussures sont vraiment petites, pas plus de 10 cm; mais le fait est que leurs plis d'usure ne correspondent pas à ceux des pieds d'un enfant. De même; les matériaux utilisés, lin pur et cuir, sont sont trop nobles pour être ceux d'un enfant. Je pense donc qu'il s'agit de chaussures appartenant à une personne adulte mais de petite taille."
Cecilia Paredes

Tel un messager du passé fatigué après un long et éreintant voyage vers l'âge adulte, le petit Mercure des Andes de Cecilia Paredes nous invite à ne pas oublier la magie de l'enfance.
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