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The Blooming Cross - Limited Edition of 5 Print
Cyprus
Printmaking, cyanotype on Paper
Size: 15.7 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
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The image is showing a figure on a cross in intense perspectival foreshortening, while around them everything seems to blossom. It is inspired by the poem "leafs falling" by famous Bulgarian poet Georgi Constantinov. It was created as part of a series of illustrations for the bilingual edition of his book " Tree and Bird", published in 2021 by Publishing House Govostis in Athens, Greece. This is a cyanotype print of the illustration, created for the solo exhibition by the artist Sophia Hadjipapa, which accompanied the book launch in Nicosia, Cyprus, in November 2021. The poem alludes to an aging man who feels love (or eros) is abandoning him just as leaves shed from autum trees. He stretches his hands in the hope of a miracle, while everything around him blooms, but have you ever seen a blooming cross? (he asks his readers...) Here is the poem: AUTUMN MAN Love Abandons me In a quiet and natural way Like the fall of autumn leaves. Faded feelings Shed off from myself In the rainy coolness. No wonder That I, The autumn man, Shall finally remain In private with The echo of my yesterday. With arms desperately outstretched Just like in a naked crucifixion I'll be endlessly expecting A new spring... But wonders seldom Happen on this earth No one has yet Seen Crucifixions come into leaf. (translation by Ljudmila Kolechkova)
Details & Dimensions
Printmaking:cyanotype on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5
Size:15.7 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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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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