Minette Vari

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Minette Vari at Goodman Gallery Cape

Baubo is the embodiment of positive feminine energy, sexual liberation, and seemingly unattainable glee. She symbolises above all else the healing power of jest, inappropriate at times, as can be seen in the Greek myth of Demeter. While mourning the abduction of her daughter, Persephone, by Hades, Demeter - the goddess of the Harvest - let the crops die and the earth suffer. Her sorrow was only eased when she met Baubo, whose jesting caused Demeter to laugh. Historical depictions of Baubo have taken the form of figurine sculptures, traceable back to the fifth century BC. In these representations a female head sits atop a proportionally impossible pelvis and legs. Baubo’s vulva is emphasised as it amalgamates with her face, forming the chin. This juxtaposition leaves the contemporary viewer aware of certain unsettling absences.

21 April 2012 - 19 June 2012