

images that haunt us










Nude figure of a young woman covered by an inverted glass, which becomes her garment. The translucent glass allows the curves of her figure to be seen, but it still provides a modest covering. The shape of the glass is reminiscent of dress styles of the mid-1800s, with a wide hooped skirt and narrow waistline. Rosa Rolanda painted self-portraits from 1945 and 1952 depict the same somber persona. The simple style of her features is similar to those found on folkloric images of the sun reproduced in ceramics, wood, and textiles. Here, crowned by the sun, she is surrounded by shells, a deer, and a ruler.

Scene im Äades
Kain: “Gehört die Schlange nicht der Gattung an, die sich gesonnt hat unter’m Baum des Paradieses?”
Lucifer: “Ei, Deine Mutter Eva muzt, Du fragen, was für ‘ne Art von Schlange sie versucht!”
Scene in Hades
Cain: “Doesn’t the snake belong to the species sunbathed under the tree of paradise?”
Lucifer: “Well, your mother Eva must know, you ask what kind of snake she tries!”
(Lord Byron, “Cain”)




