from the series Virgins: Alfreda, Anatola, Wiktoria
Artist:
Marta Deskur
Technique:
lightbox
Measurement:
60 × 20 × 12 cm /×3/
Date:
2000
The lightboxes show naked women, visibly pregnant. Each has the artist’s own face. A pregnant virgin is a paradox which also quite clearly draws on the Christian tradition. If we delve deeper, it is apparent that the work questions the ethos of virginity in the modern society.
