The Birth Of Venus By Roberto Voorbij

The Birth of Venus

Size: 30 x 22,5 x 4 cm

Medium: photo paper on wooden panel, prism acrylic, brass bolts and nuts

Year: 2021

About the work: For this series has been chosen specifically for religious and mythological images. However, by placing the figures - each appropriated from classic paintings - behind a geometric grid contrasting associations arise. The analog pixels that appear due to the distortion of the plastic prism plate act like the scrambled image of a suspect. But at the same time, the plate also seems to function as a protection of the vulnerable. Is this series about censoring the religious or is it rather an attempt to protect the weak? The grid over the Renaissance painting also emphasises the triangular composition that has been used. Or does it expose an underlying matrix, a metaphysical network that’s being uncovered…

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