Cecilia Paredes Peruvienne, 1950
Gardenia Dream, 2022
Archival pigment print
66 x 53.3 cm
26 x 21 in
26 x 21 in
Edition of 9 plus 2 artist's proofs
22.9 x 17.8 cm
9 x 7 in
9 x 7 in
Edition of 11 plus 2 artist's proofs
FRANÇAIS CI-APRÈS This photo performance is inspired by the myth of Daphne. While Daphne appears in various stories of the Greco-Roman mythology, she is mostly renowned for her metamorphosis into...
FRANÇAIS CI-APRÈS
This photo performance is inspired by the myth of Daphne. While Daphne appears in various stories of the Greco-Roman mythology, she is mostly renowned for her metamorphosis into a laurel tree. Following a curse made by the god Cupid, son of Venus, on the god Apollo, Daphne became the unwilling object of his infatuation. She, on the contrary, had received a leaden-tipped arrow from Cupid, triggering her feeling of disgust toward Apollo.
Continuously chased her against her wishes, she eventually invoked her father, the river god Peneus, to help her just before being kissed by Apollo. Her father transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling her chaser.
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Cette "photo performance" est inspirée par le mythe de Daphné. Apparaissant dans de nombreuses histoires de la mythologie greco-romaine, Daphné est principalement connue pour sa métamorphose en laurier. Suite à une rancoeur d'Eros envers Apollon, le premier décocha vers le second une flèche en or. Celle-ci lui inspire un désir fou envers Daphne, tandis qu'elle reçut une flèche de plomb, lui suscitant le dégoût de l'amour. Constamment pourchassée par Apollon, Daphné finit par implorer son père, le dieu Pénée, de l'aider au moment où Apollon allait l'embrasser. Il la transforma alors en laurier afin de tromper son pourchassant.
This photo performance is inspired by the myth of Daphne. While Daphne appears in various stories of the Greco-Roman mythology, she is mostly renowned for her metamorphosis into a laurel tree. Following a curse made by the god Cupid, son of Venus, on the god Apollo, Daphne became the unwilling object of his infatuation. She, on the contrary, had received a leaden-tipped arrow from Cupid, triggering her feeling of disgust toward Apollo.
Continuously chased her against her wishes, she eventually invoked her father, the river god Peneus, to help her just before being kissed by Apollo. Her father transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling her chaser.
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Cette "photo performance" est inspirée par le mythe de Daphné. Apparaissant dans de nombreuses histoires de la mythologie greco-romaine, Daphné est principalement connue pour sa métamorphose en laurier. Suite à une rancoeur d'Eros envers Apollon, le premier décocha vers le second une flèche en or. Celle-ci lui inspire un désir fou envers Daphne, tandis qu'elle reçut une flèche de plomb, lui suscitant le dégoût de l'amour. Constamment pourchassée par Apollon, Daphné finit par implorer son père, le dieu Pénée, de l'aider au moment où Apollon allait l'embrasser. Il la transforma alors en laurier afin de tromper son pourchassant.