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2010 A photograph height 31.5 cm x width 23.5 cm (edition of 7) Insurance value 700 Euros |
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In several of her works Tanya Ury has adopted the name of Hermè or Herme (her & me): Hermeneurotic 1984- (collection of literary texts) The photograph Herme is the re-working of a fashion pattern publication cover, probably from the 1950’s, by J. Niedermeier of Stuttgart, Germany (publishers Gustav Lyon). The woman on the right of the image, like Hermes, wears a winged cap. A dedication to the female Hermes has been added, which is likewise a dedication to her other, herself, the self – it is her story (not his). But the work is also suggestive of a sexual talisman, in this case of the feminine. |
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A Herma, herm or herme is a sculpture with a head, and perhaps a torso, above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which male genitals may also be carved at the appropriate height. (…) In ancient Greece the statues functioned as a form of apotropaic and were placed at crossings, country borders and boundaries as protection. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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