La Sfinge, 2018

Immersed in a mountain landscape, the myth of Hesiod revives. "The Sphinx", a monster in Greek mythology, guarded the entrance to the city of Thebes by offering visitors a riddle that had to be answered correctly, under penalty of death. The work ...

Immersed in a mountain landscape, the myth of Hesiod revives. "The Sphinx", a monster in Greek mythology, guarded the entrance to the city of Thebes by offering visitors a riddle that had to be answered correctly, under penalty of death. The work places the Sphinx as the absolute protagonist of the scene, enigmatic and monstrously fascinating with the body of a lion and a woman, this monster equipped with bat wings and a pronounced anatomy suggests its danger. On a rocky hill the Sphinx's rest is disturbed by an unexpected noise which leads her to get up to understand who or what is approaching, while her feminine features and gold and precious stone ornaments distract our sight and her gaze enigmatic exudes cruelty. Her eyes are caught by something, perhaps it is a passer-by or it is Oedipus himself, the one who will be able to answer her riddle.