Liudmyla Rashtanova
The Lady with the Cactus, 2019
Oil on canvas
200 × 130 cm
Unique
Lysenko Gallery
Rashtanova uses stark imagery suggesting suppressed, demonised female sexuality, highlighted by the compositional choice of cutting out the protagonists’ eyes. The artist is perhaps asking the question of whether female...
Rashtanova uses stark imagery suggesting suppressed, demonised female sexuality, highlighted by the compositional choice of cutting out the protagonists’ eyes. The artist is perhaps asking the question of whether female sexuality is demonised in today’s society as well as in Victorian times.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artistExhibitions