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The work is inspired by the literary characters bearing the same name, the beloved main protagonists of 20th-century canonical novels: Gretchen from Goethe's Faust, Margarita from Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, and the French queen Marguerite de Valois, known as Margot from Dumas' novel. All these heroines are doomed because of unhappy love. They are beautiful and desirable, and simultaneously terrifying in their quest to take revenge on men for cheating and lying. The blood appearing in the work ties them together, and symbolizes their destiny – the curse that determines their fate. There is also a reference to blood as a Catholic religious symbol reserved for men: Blood of the Lamb, the Son of God sacrificed for the sins of men. The work can therefore be interpreted from a feminist perspective, where blood is the archetypal symbol of renewal and redemption. Thanks to the use of precise aesthetic treatments, the artist takes the viewers out of their comfort zone by forcing them to feel the tension experienced by the participant.

 

  • Object type:
    video
  • Year:
    2006
  • Duration:
    6 min 34 s
  • inv. no.:
    MNG/NOMUS/7/D
  • Własność:
    Deposit of the City of Gdańsk, part of the Gdańsk Collection of Contemporary Art
Bogna Burska, Małgorzata, 2006. Depozyt Gminy Miasta Gdańska w ramach Gdańskiej Kolekcji Sztuki Współczesnej, fot. © Archiwum MNG
fot. © Archiwum MNG
  • Object type:
    video
  • Year:
    2006
  • Duration:
    6 min 34 s
  • inv. no.:
    MNG/NOMUS/7/D
  • Własność:
    Deposit of the City of Gdańsk, part of the Gdańsk Collection of Contemporary Art

The work is inspired by the literary characters bearing the same name, the beloved main protagonists of 20th-century canonical novels: Gretchen from Goethe's Faust, Margarita from Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita, and the French queen Marguerite de Valois, known as Margot from Dumas' novel. All these heroines are doomed because of unhappy love. They are beautiful and desirable, and simultaneously terrifying in their quest to take revenge on men for cheating and lying. The blood appearing in the work ties them together, and symbolizes their destiny – the curse that determines their fate. There is also a reference to blood as a Catholic religious symbol reserved for men: Blood of the Lamb, the Son of God sacrificed for the sins of men. The work can therefore be interpreted from a feminist perspective, where blood is the archetypal symbol of renewal and redemption. Thanks to the use of precise aesthetic treatments, the artist takes the viewers out of their comfort zone by forcing them to feel the tension experienced by the participant.

 

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