Medusa

This oil painting reimagines Medusa as a site of power rather than punishment, engaging with theories of the monstrous feminine. Traditionally framed as a figure of fear and abjection, Medusa is presented here as controlled, reflective, and self-possessed. The snakes, often symbols of chaos or threat, become extensions of her body and agency, while the direct gaze resists objectification. References to classical mythology intersect with psychoanalytic ideas, particularly Freud’s Medusa’s Head, to question how female power is rendered monstrous. Through soft flesh tones contrasted with vivid greens, the work explores fear, desire, and the reclamation of feminine monstrosity as resistance.

50x40 cm

0.5 inches thick

oil paint

(Nails/hooks/hanging kit not included)