Phases of Medusa

Artist José Nazabal. Phases of Medusa is inspired by the classic myth of Medusa, that fantastic creature that embodied panic and could petrify wherever she posed her gaze. In some versions of the myth, whoever carried the head of the Medusa obtained favor in battle and defeated his rivals by using his fulminating gaze. In Western culture, the Medusa represents the deepest terrors, those traumas that we cannot rationally describe and that paralyze us by preventing the functioning of the limbs and joints. In the image the decapitation is recontextualized in oriental codes, specifically in the Japanese tradition of kabuki theater. For this reason, one of the characters wears make-up in the typ...View all