THE GORGON’S DREAM NEW YORK (2021)
TOTAH
183 STANTON STREET NEW YORK NY 10002
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11AM – 6PM
November 11th 2021 – February 5th 2022
The Gorgon’s Dream is Austen’s haunting interpretation of a small bronze sculpture in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Made in the 16th century by Benuvenuto Cellini, the sculpture depicts the head of Medusa held tightly in a fist, a model for ‘Perseus and the Medusa’ in Florence. At once violent and seemingly gentle, the sculpture struck Austen as disconcertingly similar to a photograph by Lee Miller; the back of the head of a coifed woman, her own hand grasping her hair.
