Cecilia Paredes Peruvian, b. 1950
Shield, 2018
Photo performance inkjet print
52 x 35 in
132.1 x 88.9 cm
132.1 x 88.9 cm
Edition of 7 plus 3 AP
Despite the lack of not being evident in the design, 'Shield' bears an untold Orientalism. The character standing with an enormous flower vase imprinted on her skin, same as the...
Despite the lack of not being evident in the design, "Shield" bears an untold Orientalism. The character standing with an enormous flower vase imprinted on her skin, same as the ground relates to her series of the “Unreachable Paradise,” where the artist talks about the aim to reach Paradise, that elusive dream that doesn't exist but we still aim...the unobtainable pretense starts already by the chosen image, which is all invented flowers from an ideal garden.
