Italy
Italy
2025-2026
Oil on anodised aluminium
130 x 130mm
This painting’s figure is a detail from an eighteenth-century French clock. An embodiment of Italy, the original figure’s sceptre bears the tiny inscription Italia. Her left hand balances a vase from which water pours, marking her as the source, the fount from which springs plenty. She is clad in gold. But if she is an allegory, then the kitsch of eighteenth-century French clocks must have become part of her allegory. But of course, Italy can mean whatever we ourselves choose to see in her.
Please note that this work is included in our current exhibition and will need to remain in the gallery until the exhibition concludes.
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