PIETA IN METAVERSE listed for the JACKSON'S PRIZE 2022
I am delighted to announce that my work, ‘Pieta in Metaverse’ has been selected for the Jackson’s Prize 2022. The next selection to the short-list will be decided by people’s choice voting, which is now open.
Pieta in Metaverse, selected for Jackson’s Art Prize.
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Jackson’s Painting Prize exists to champion exceptional artworks made by international artists at all points in their careers, with tailored prizes that aim to give successful applicants the exposure and resources to support them in their practice.
PIETA IN METAVERSE IS FROM THE PIETA SERIES
I seek to dismantle the art historical tropes of women’s roles ; mother or sufferers without agency, by opening her view into the alternate universe ; the ‘metaverse’.
The Pieta by Michelangelo epitomizes this subject in a monumental way. The immense sculpture, carved from a single block of marble, has a particular feature that interests me. This is, that ‘Mary’ has the undeniable appearance of youth, this point has been recognized since the works conception, with Michelangelo’s suggestion that the purity of such virginal women allows them not to age.
The persistence of such unbalanced concepts about women, have trickled down through the centuries, remaining with us today. I seek to dismantle this delusion by presenting mothers who respond with disinterest – a mother who stares fixedly at a screen or drinks her wine absentmindedly. A mother in a bathroom, denotive of the passive Bonnard nudes and finally, a mythologically inspired woman who releases her justified rage.
