Venus Reborn (print)

Title:  Venus Reborn

Copyright:  © 2013 Dan Sullivan.

Medium: Limited edition giclée reproduction print based on an original painting of this name (completed 2012) by the same artist.

Materials:  Printed on high quality, acid free, Folex Fine Art Photo paper. Mounted front and back using only conservation  quality mount board and pH neutral tape.

Frame (Optional):  Framed in a varnished, solid wood moulding with clear glass.

Image Size:  36 cm x 54 cm (14¼"x 21¼”).

Mount Size:  52.5 cm x 70 cm (20¾" x 27½").

Size including Mount & Frame:  59 cm x 76.5 cm (23½” x 30”).

All measurements approximate.

Released: 2013

Signature:  Each copy is hand signed by the artist, titled and sequentially numbered.

Edition Size:  Strictly limited to 150 signed and numbered copies, plus a maximum of 10 specified artist’s proofs.

Certificate of Authenticity:  A signed certificate of authenticity is supplied with every print purchased. 

This work is based on Botticelli’s fantastic Renaissance masterpiece ‘The Birth of Venus’ (1485).

The iconic central figure is a constant source of inspiration, used widely in advertising and graphic design. I decided to borrow the whole composition, or at least the arrangement of the four immortals portrayed, and place it in a modern setting suggested by the strange poses these figures strike.

In particular the two wind-gods on the left (Zephyrus and Aura) are most oddly entwined in the original, somehow conjuring up an image of a motorcyclist and his pillion passenger.

I think the mood of the picture – the interplay between the characters, the glamour, the glances – all fairly reflect Botticelli’s delightful creation, though I’m afraid that to leave Venus naked in these surroundings would have been just too incongruous!