Fate Descends Toward the River, Leading Two Innocent Children
1980
29.0 x 34.0 cm
Museo de Arte del USC Fisher
Two young children led into an ominous industrial landscape by a white-dressed heroine: a personification of fate. The nakedness and youth of these children, a common visual allegory for Saudek, plays into the theme of corruption. Once exposed to the corruptive environment, these children will never be the same. Saudek places the three characters in the image’s center, emphasizing both the narrative and the dominant nature of the image’s background. The young children are led into a site of electrical towers, massive silos, and dangling electrical wires — stark signs of a burgeoning industry. These symbols appeal to the negative effects of industrialization. Saudek’s photography points at the failures of the Czechoslovakian government while simultaneously engaging with the Czechoslovakian people, encouraging a critical sense of awareness of their environment. [Corey Gordon, wall text in
Jan Saudek (1935 –)
Meta Description: El fotógrafo checo Jan Saudek (1935-) crea imágenes surrealistas y evocadoras con figuras jóvenes y desnudos. Influenciado por Mucha, su obra explora temas de amor y pérdida a través de una fotografía única y el arte cómico.
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Sobre esta obra
- Título: Fate Descends Toward the River, Leading Two Innocent Children
- Artista: Jan Saudek
- Año: 1980
- Dimensiones originales: 29.0 x 34.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Museo de Arte del USC Fisher
- Matiz de color: Blue-Violet to Rose
- Intensidad del color: Monochromatic