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| Auguste Rodin Iris, Messagère des dieux Ca. 1895 Musée Auguste Rodin, Paris, France |
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The French sculptor Auguste Rodin created several versions of Iris, the messenger of the gods. His works are characterized by expressiveness, the figures seem inspired, full of human spirit. Even this bronze sculpture adopts a vivid pose, like a dancer she spreads her right leg away from her body thus creating tension. Like in Courbet's painting of the origin of the world this female figure, too, shows frankly her genitals and enables the viewer to have a look at her vulva. The vulva is formed plastically in the intention of creating a true to life depiction and marks a contrast to the centuries-old taboo in the depiction of the female genitals. Combining several function the genital is in the focus: the genitalia stand for erotic desire and sexuality, but also for conception and birth – as life-giving organ. The vulva is representend in neither defamatory nor superficial way.
(Translation: K. Seifter)
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