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The Dance of Venus Painting

Sophia Hadjipapa

Cyprus

Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Size: 8.3 W x 11 H x 0.1 D in

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This is drawing/painting is from a collection of mixed media drawings on paper, all part of a project I have named "The Book of Hours". Inspired by the medieval books containing images and texts aimed to help people transcend their sufferings through prayer and meditation on those images and texts, I create a body of a contemporary, transcultural Book, sourcing inspiration from Byzantine art, eastern mandalas and yantras, the Egyptian Book of the Dead and numerous other traditions where images were used to invoke good fortune, prosperity or communion with higher states of existence. The study of the stars and their movement, was also used as a divination tool for many centuries, while the symmetrical patterns that sages would find in them would also be considered as a sign of a divine geometry. This is the case with this pattern, known as the dance of Venus or the flower of Venus or the rose of Venus, where the trajectory of Venus around the earth is observed shaping a perfect and beautiful pentagram. We can only gasp in front of such calculated and harmonic beauty!

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Acrylic on Paper

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8.3 W x 11 H x 0.1 D in

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Sophia Hadjipapa-Gee, is an artist and academic, living in Cyprus. Sophia is Associate Professor at the European University Cyprus and a board member of the Research laboratory “Cultural Studies and Contemporary Arts”. She is also one of the founding members of the International Motion Festival and has been serving at its board from various positions. Besides painting she has worked on video art, interventions in Public spaces, participatory projects, illustrations of poems, covers of books and has been involved in Public art. Her works have been presented in numerous international festivals and exhibitions. She has served in various professional bodies including sitting on the committees for the Selection of Works and Artists for Biennales and serving as academic expert on the committee for composing the New National Curricula in Art, of the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture.

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