Medea

This volume is dedicated to Medea, the barbarian sorceress who, overcome by her passion for Jason, uses her magical arts to help him conquer the Golden Fleece, betraying her father and her homeland. Capable of any atrocity to achieve her goal, she will see her beloved transform before her eyes from a brave hero into a petty opportunist and her love turn into pain, humiliation, deep hatred and anger. An anger that, in Euripides' tragedy, will culminate in the killing of their children. At the centre of a major international exhibition at the Antico Mercato on the island of Ortigia in Syracuse, the myth of Medea has been revisited by Margaux Bricler, Chiara Calore, Cian Dayrit, Helgi Thorgils Fridjónsson, Francesco De Grandi, Ruprecht Von Kaufmann, Rusudan Khizanishvili, Sverre Malling, Rafael Megall, Ruben Pang, Vera Portatadino, Daniel Pitin, Nazzarena Poli Maramotti, Nicola Samorì, Natee Utarit, Wang Guangyi, and Yue Minjun. Faced with extreme events that cause distress, these artists confronted the myth and, at times, its interpretations in art history. 

Text: Publisher (translated with DeepL)

Publisher: SKIRA editore spa
Author: Demetrio Paparoni
Number of Pages: 144
Format: 24 x 28 cm, Brochure
Languages: Italian and English
First Edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-88-572-5023-6