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Antiope Seven

By Susan Banks 2015 - 2016

Dimensions
60 x 60 x 4

Antiope was usually painted for the male gaze – with the Satyr, who is Zeus in disguise] pulling away her covering while she sleeps. But here is an alternative view. The antithesis of the revelation and the exposure, here the covering may be tugged, or tweaked but no fleshy body is displayed; when such an image remains concealed then other visual pleasures are accessible. The seventh and largest of the series.

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