 Valkyries acryla on panel 16" x 30" Judith Raphael Many of Raphael's playful luminous images of adolescent girls refer to women from ancient mythology. Their stances are often copied from Greco-Roman male sculptures and sometimes from extreme sports magazines. This enables the artist to speculate about an insouciant and aggressive aspect of female nature and muse about the contradictions of that identity in contemporary culture. May 8 - June 7, 2003 Hours: Tue-Sat 11 am - 6 pm lyonswiergallery 511 W 25th St., No. 205 USA-New York, NY 10001 Telefon +1 212 242 62 20 Fax +1 212 242 62 38 E-Mail lyonswier@hotmail.com www.lyonswiergallery.com |
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