Odilon Redon
Dec 04, 2018 - Dec 30, 2018
This work was selected by Erin Kurth (class of 2020), who explains: 鈥淚 was captivated by how Odilon Redon was able to use black-and-white lithography to convey an image with so much depth and mystery. I found myself fascinated by Redon鈥檚 obsession with Gustave Flaubert鈥檚 Temptation of St. Anthony (a nineteenth-century literary work which was also of great interest to Freud) and his efforts to capture every piece of its bizarre and intricate narrative in his many lithographs on the subject. Oann猫s, the central subject, appears in Mesopotamian literature as a creature who brought mankind wisdom. Redon鈥檚 use of negative space evokes feelings of the abyss and the unknown, while the snakelike body with the humanoid head is simultaneously mesmerizing and horrifying. With its closed eyes, the figure, though unseeing, retains a feeling of omniscience.鈥�
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This work was selected by Erin Kurth (class of 2020), who explains: 鈥淚 was captivated by how Odilon Redon was able to use black-and-white lithography to convey an image with so much depth and mystery. I found myself fascinated by Redon鈥檚 obsession with Gustave Flaubert鈥檚 Temptation of St. Anthony (a nineteenth-century literary work which was also of great interest to Freud) and his efforts to capture every piece of its bizarre and intricate narrative in his many lithographs on the subject. Oann猫s, the central subject, appears in Mesopotamian literature as a creature who brought mankind wisdom. Redon鈥檚 use of negative space evokes feelings of the abyss and the unknown, while the snakelike body with the humanoid head is simultaneously mesmerizing and horrifying. With its closed eyes, the figure, though unseeing, retains a feeling of omniscience.鈥�
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