Sonali Patel
Ceramic , mirror, poetry fragments , recycled library books – Ovid’s Metamorphosis 60cm x 46cm x 48cm 2013 Leon Battista Alberti in Della Pittura allegorises Narcissus as the inventor of painting, claiming: ‘what is painting but the act of embracing by means of art the surface of the pool?’ Alberti related the artists’ oeuvre and the gaze of the viewer as a narcissistic pursuit of self-obsession. Narcissus is a symbol of every artist/author’s quest for seeking the truth by diving through the
Ceramic , mirror, poetry fragments , recycled library books – Ovid’s Metamorphosis 60cm x 46cm x 48cm 2013 Leon Battista Alberti in Della Pittura allegorises Narcissus as the inventor of painting, claiming: ‘what is painting but the act of embracing by means of art the surface of the pool?’ Alberti related the artists’ oeuvre and the gaze of the viewer as a narcissistic pursuit of self-obsession. Narcissus is a symbol of every artist/author’s quest for seeking the truth by diving through the