Vik Muniz
Medea about to kill her children, after Eugene Delacroix, 2007
Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
241 × 180 cm
This work from ‘Pictures of Garbage’ series is an appropriation of painting by the French romantic artist Eugène Delacroix.
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Delacroix took the plot from the famous tragedy of the ancient Greek writer Euripides “Medea”.
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According to the myth, after Medea finds out about her lover Jason’s infidelity, she decides to take revenge and kills his new wife, as well as their common children.
Exhibitions:
Vik Muniz. Moscow House of Photography. Nov – Dec 2007
Vik Muniz. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow. June – Oct 2018
Publications:
Vik Muniz. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, 2007. page 140
