Original artwork description:

60 x 60 cm square canvas arranged in a diamond shape, covering an area of 85 x 85 cm.

Ariane had several lives. Chassis bought second-hand, it was covered for the first time in 2020 with a paint that never satisfied me. The canvas was repainted in 2021 without ever having been exhibited. The new work was then judged by a particularly failed "friend". For two years, it sat in a corner of the studio before I decided to repaint it once again. With her heavy past and her scars, Ariane will never be a smooth and clean canvas.

Just like her previous lives, Ariadne is made of three different papers: a reconstruction of the palace of Knossos (Crete), a map of Crete and a map of the sky. Indeed, Ariadne is the daughter of King Minos, who gave his name to the Minoan civilization settled mainly in Crete. Seduced by the hero Theseus, she helps him with a thread to find his way through the labyrinth to kill the Minotaur in its center. Bad luck, after that, Theseus abandons her but she ends up marrying Dionysos.
For this painting, I was very nostalgic for ancient Greece and my "thesis in archeology" period. I chose a model close to the Koré, these archaic statues representing young women in hieratic attitudes and dressed in peplos.

The canvas is varnished and equipped with a hanging system.

Materials used:

Paper and acrylic on canvas

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