Fairy Tales - Medusa Painting

Cycle "Fairy Tales" As painter, Anna Grau takes the view that art is primarily oriented towards two meta-themes. One being more aligned with the zeitgeist, and the other dealing with the great, eternal motifs such as love and death. The fact that Anna Grau follows the second of these paths with her painting is likewise reflected in her current cycle Fairy Tales, which revises mythical and religious motifs. In Fairy Tales, Anna Grau continues the conceptual approach that she has taken with her earlier works, in that strong women form the defining element in this series of images. This time, however, the artist often depicts them with men as their counterparts so as to explore the interactions between the sexes, something she ultimately sees as a symbiotic relationship, their complexity notwithstanding. This is especially evident in Medusa and Salomé. Both images represent the variety of wild, erotic femininity that Anna Grau has repeatedly engaged with. The manner in which, for example, her Salomé displays the tray with John's head to the viewer leaves the impression that he is not her victim, but rather a lover who has given himself to her, something only reinforced by John's enraptured facial expression. In this way, Anna Grau once again deals with the dominatrix theme which she has previously addressed, here placing it within a new biblical framework.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.6 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in

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