Rising Up Again
by Maria Rova
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29.000 x 59.000 cm.
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Title
Rising Up Again
Artist
Maria Rova
Medium
Painting - Dyes And Resist On Silk
Description
The flowers, the palm trees, the dancing women - cliches of Pacific beauty; This painting represents the paradoxes of struggle and joy that are part of the lives of the women I have grown to love and respect here in Fiji. Amongst the fragmented shapes, the figure of a woman, crushed and beaten, is lying on the ground. Dead, or almost dead, the burdens of life have sucked out all energy that was once hers. Yet hope is still alive; she struggles to her knees, shielding herself against oppressive blows, weeping. And now she finds her feet, reaching upwards to reclaim life, celebrate beauty, to heal, to dance...
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February 2nd, 2011
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