Vojtěch Kovařík
Born of the sea, 2026
Acrylic and Sand on Canvas
224 x 204 x 8 cm
88 1/4 x 80 1/4 x 3 1/8 in
88 1/4 x 80 1/4 x 3 1/8 in
Inspired by the mythological birth of Aphrodite from sea foam, this work captures a moment of metamorphosis (hair rendered as sea waves, or half of the head left unfinished). The...
Inspired by the mythological birth of Aphrodite from sea foam, this work captures a moment of metamorphosis (hair rendered as sea waves, or half of the head left unfinished). The sea continues into the body and the body into the sea. Through this, I engage with the contemporary notion of identity as fluid—something that does not emerge in isolation, but in relation to the environment from which it originates.