‘Metamorphosis: Titian 2012’ brings together Chris Ofili,
Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger in a unique collaboration with The Royal
Ballet, specially commissioned works responding to three of Titian’s paintings
– Diana and Actaeon, The Death of Actaeon and the recently acquired Diana and
Callisto – which depict stories from Ovid’s epic poem ‘Metamorphoses’.
The original poem was rendered to
paintings by Titian, then today, to contemporary poem, ballet, paintings,
performance and installation.
I particularly like Mark Wallinger’s
discovering and concealing way of response. It offers a contemporary encounter with a living, breathing
Dana while reminding us of the perils of looking. It is refreshing to walk in a dark room to walk around a
bathroom model and peek through possible holes…
Wallinger said “Diana is about watching
and being caught in the act and evolved out of my desire to find a way of
representing Diana bathing in a contemporary way.”
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