156. Balkanik Garden

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156. Balkanik Garden

Ana Chiorean

1985, Mangalia

Estimate:

EUR 500 - 900

Sold

EUR 500

installation (polyurethane foam, acrylic colours, artificial flowers), 181 x 77 x 42 cm, 181 Ã 77 Ã 42 cm

Research information

The artwork was part of the "Superheroes/Antiheroes â TendinÈe Ã®n arta contemporanÄ romÃ¢neascÄ" ("Superheroes/Antiheroes â Trends in Romanian Contemporary Art") exhibition, Art Safari 2021, BucureÈti.

Ana Chiorean created the work inspired by John Pasche's design for "The Rolling Stones Lips", a tribute to the Hindi goddess, Kali, at the request of the band's lead singer Mick Jagger. The image, which has since become the symbol of rock'n'roll, is also intended as a protest: "It's the kind of thing like when kids stick their tongues out at you," Pasche said in a 1970s interview. The playful, but at the same time mature approach of the whole concept, led the artist to bring the idea closer to the geographical area of the Balkans, using specific feminine elements, voluptuous lips from which a phallus flows, symbol of fecundity and fertility of nature, represented by flowers. The work is a pamphlet on a licentious expression too often used in all circumstances, positive or negative. The artist intended the overall image to be as feminine and sensual as possible.

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