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Martyr with Clam Shell (after Pina Bausch)
Description : Oil, gesso and acrylic on linen canvas. Artwork sold framed
Date of creation : 2020
Dimensions : 50 cm × 40 cm
Weight : 2 kg
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About the work :

Martyr with Clam Shell is a work by Belgian artist Julien Delagrange from a series inspired by the work of Pina Bausch.

Pina Bausch (1940 - 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer, considered one of the leading figures in contemporary dance. In 1975, she choreographed The Rite of Spring, a ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky featuring a pagan rite in which a young virgin dances to her death, sacrificed to the god of Spring. The artist was deeply moved by this choreography, defining the experience as sublime, overwhelming and not fully comprehensible: "I felt connected to their primitive movements, intrigued by the underlying meaning and possible analogies for interpretation, humbled by the power and sheer force." He then decided to pay tribute to this performance with a series of artworks. He collects all the images he finds related to the performance to build a visual archive of poses and figures, which he then uses to construct his compositions.

The composition of the artwork crops and cuts a figure of The Rite of Spring choreography by Pina Bausch and puts him in front of a table. The pose and lighting refer to the depiction of Adam in art history. Adam is described as a martyr, because due to our choices — choosing to eat the fig — we are all martyrs in this world, destined to discover the bittersweetness of life. In this painting the sexual urge is represented in the form of a clam shell, which is an aphrodisiac and is often used as a metaphor for the female genitals.

Belgian artist Julien Delagrange's oil paintings and charcoal drawings explore the human condition and experience from a universal, contemporary and anthropological perspective. His purely figurative language adapts to the concepts he wishes to examine in his works: metaphysics, existentialism, (post)modernism, spirituality, and syncretism. His intellectual work as an art critic and his artistic practice as a painter are intertwined, each influencing and feeding the other.

The artwork is framed with a white wooden frame. Dimensions of the framed artwork: 55 H x 45 L x 5 D cm.

Martyr with Clam Shell (after Pina Bausch)

Description : Oil, gesso and acrylic on linen canvas. Artwork sold framed
Date of creation : 2020
Dimensions : 50 cm × 40 cm
Weight : 2 kg
One-off piece
1,900 €
This piece of work is already in your basket. If you choose to add it, it will automatically change the quantity. (Countries differences in VAT rates require as many invoices as expedition points).
If you choose to add this piece of work to your basket, it will automatically replace the existing piece unless if it made by the same artist. (Countries differences in VAT rates require as many invoices as expedition points).
A question ?

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