Known as the “Birth of Venus”, the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr and, perhaps, Aura. The goddess is standing on a giant scallop shell, as pure and as perfect as a pearl. - Uffizi Galleries.
Beautiful blonde waves, a gracile nude female figure and a mythical scallop shell - In the mid 1480s, the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli changed the art world with his tempera masterpiece The Birth of Venus. His Italian Renaissance artwork set new standards for fine art and inspired artists all over the world in the centuries that followed.
Almost 540 years later, in (Re)Birth of Venus - Renaissance Painting 2.0 some of todays most talked about contemporary artists take a deeper look at Botticelli's masterpiece and reinterpret the mythical moment of the goddess’ arrival on land after her birth. As part of a Renaissance revival in this day and age, painting, sculpture, craftmanship and street art merge together in this show.
Featuring 12 international contemporary artists: Jake Wood-Evans, Goin, Gao Hang, Paa Joe, Guillermo Lorca, Madsaki, Joseph Meloy, Amadeo Morelos, Ricardo Passaporte, Judy Rifka, Mircea Suciu and Sophie Vallance.
- The (Re)Birth of Venus - An Introduction
- Guillermo Lorca on El Nacimiento De Venus
- MADSAKI - Birth of Venus II: An Analysis
- Judy Rifka - Venus with Stars: An Analysis
- Mircea Suciu - Venus: An Analysis
- Jake Wood-Evans: Long after the birth of Venus: An Analysis
- Goin - Hell from the Shell: An Analysis
- Ricardo Passaporte - Rebirth of Venus: An Analysis
- Sophie Vallance - Grumpy Venus: An Analysis
- Gao Hang - Absolutely Elegant: An Analysis
- Joseph Meloy - Birth of Venus: An Analysis
- Amadeo Morelos - Birth of Venus: An Analysis
- Paa Joe - Sea Shell: An Analysis
