Butterfleyes, within the group exhibition inhale exhale at Hiša kulture, Pivka (SI)
Photo: Simon Avsec
Butterfleyes
The diptych Butterfleyes was done for the exhibition inhale exhale, which invited selected artists to interpret the term inhale exhale in their own way. The curator of the show Mojca Grmek posed questions such as: “Could it be understood as a metaphor for the brevity and transience of life? As a simple notation of its beginning and end? Or as everything that happens in between?”
In the curatorial text she wrote: “The reciprocity between Eros and Thanatos, albeit on a more subtle level, also characterises the diptych Butterfleyes by Sonja Vulpes. Although her works usually show the dark side, this time it is the other way round. If the positive atmosphere, the playful body of the woman and the butterflies in her eyes have not yet convinced us, we are finally seduced by the inscription MUST BE LOVE. It is about love, about falling in love, about total surrender and immersion in the Eros that takes hold of us and carries us away – even at the cost of losing ourselves.”
Photo: Simon Avsec
Year of production: 2022
