Pandora 2025 (oil on board)
Acting as a companion piece to Gradiva 2025 and painted immediately after it, this is an interpretation of the myth. The Pandora legend addresses the question of why there is evil in the world, according to which, Pandora opened a jar (pithos; commonly referred to as 'Pandora's box') releasing all the evils of humanity. It gave me the opportunity of experimenting with decalcomania – a technique devised by surrealist Oscar Dominguez. The dark, swirling, chaotic underworld of the human psyche escapes into the world through fissures caused by Pandora's fingers.


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