" Daughter of Fortis and Ceto , being the most famous and terrible Gorgon , Medusa , she was one of the most feared figures in classical mythology . The hissing snakes in her hair, the sharp boar teeth, her roars and her blood-soaked gaze that turned anyone who looked at her to stone, made this woman one of the most terrible and famous mortal personalities. mythological .But the story that lies behind its furious aesthetic hides behind it a plot that is broadly related to a large part of the current events that concern society . Because the truth is that this horrible appearance of Medusa has its origin in the punishment that Athena , daughter of Zeus , gave her for having been sexually abused by Poseidon , the god of the sea. Blamed for his own rape of her and turned into a horrifying being, Medusa also ends up being decapitated by Perseus while she sleeps.A fantasy story whose significance could explain part of current thinking. Blaming the victim continues to be one of the great claims that the ' Me Too ' movement, which began against Harvey Weinstein and expanded globally to denounce sexual assault and harassment , seeks to change by demanding voice and belief people who have suffered any signs of abuse.Now, years after this movement came to light, a sculpture has been unveiled in New York 's Collect Pond Park to honor this movement. The statue is about the figure of ' Medusa with the head of Perseus' , by the Italian-Argentine artist Luciano Garbati . Not without criticism for its male authorship and for holding the head of the murderer Perseus instead of that of Poseidon , the statue, according to its author, tries to be a symbol of emotional catharsis in which many women have found identity Garbati has been inspired for her creation by a bronze figure dating from the 16th century by Benvenuto Cellini through which , in addition to the injustice of the punishment meted out to Medusa , she has also sought to express in her figure the number of female mythological personalities that They were turned into monsters.
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/es/cultura/ocio/a34402326/medusa-estatua-me-too-nueva-york/
No comments:
Post a Comment