Séverine Burgers . Artist . Oil Paintings & Ceramic Sculptures
WARNING !!
Sensitive Content
The art work in this series might amaze, illuminate, challenge, provoke,
but also disturb some visitors due to its graphic violence and male nudity
Mother Medea or Surrender
Instead of making art as destructive as Medea’s savage act, the series “Mother Medea” culminates into the end piece “Surrender”. This work highlights Hope, Love and Compassion.
The Art Works
The cruel, yet tantalizing paintings illustrate the internal and external battle of a woman, a wife and, above all, a mother, Mother Medea. The series with works in oil and the ceramic sculptures are expressions of my interpretation of such agonizing and disturbing emotions.
First Act or prior to the killing of the children: illustration of the anguish and the sorrow of a troubled person:
Medea #1 or Mother is going / Medea #2 or Fragment / Scattered / Insomnia / Icarus falling / Silent Scream / Spilled Milk / It Once Bloomed
Second Act or the raw illustration of the atrocity and the agony of the horrifying act of killing:
I wash my hand in innocence / RIP / Slaughter bench / Trauma / Witness
Matka in Bloom . Fine Oil on Canvas . 50x60cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Insomnia . Fine Oil on Linen . 80x100cm . SéverineBurgers . 2019
It once Bloomed . Fine Oil on Linen . 86x76 . SeverineBurgers . 2018
Silent scream . Fine Oil on Linen . 50x60cm . SéverineBurgers . 2010
Spilled Milk . Fine Oil on Paper . 40x100cm . SéverineBurgers . 2012
I Wash my Hands in Innocence . Fine Oil on Linen . 45x60cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Trauma . Fine Oil on Linen . 25x70cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Slaughter Bench . Fine Oil on Linen . 45x60cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Witness . Fine Oil on Linen . 25x70cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Scattered . Fine Oil on Linen . 76x86cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Rip . Fine Oil on Linen . 50x60cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Surrender . Fine Oil on Linen . 115x170cm . SéverineBurgers . 2018
Medea Fragment . Fine Oil on Linen . 150x120cm . SéverineBurgers . 2016
Medea Mother is Going . Fine Oil on Linen . 75x190cm . SéverineBurgers . 2016
Final Act or Apotheosis of the series “Mother Medea”: Surrender
The Body or the Christ:
Painting a cross is not about "You’ll be nailed on the cross of my revenge". Instead, aren’t we all like Jesus, by moments suffering on a cross, our own personal cross, trying to deal with mundane troubles, disturbing feelings or any kind of unfulfilled physical lust, material desire and the desire for power and control?
The Girl meditating represents our Mind:
Through meditation we can bring Awareness in the thought patterns of our mind. Awareness might lead us to understanding and compassion.
The Raven:
In old European cultures this intelligent bird is considered as a Messenger of the Other Side. This Spirit Guide transforms Darkness into Light to remind us we all are manifestation of the Light.
The Rainbow symbolises transformation and hope for a new beginning.
nstead of making art as destructive as Medea’s savage act, the series “Mother Medea” culminates into the end piece “Surrender”. The apotheosis of this series of work sublimates a state of distress into Hope, Love and Compassion. Through Awareness to Surrender.
Mother Medea Art Exhibition in Kora, Skopje, North-Macedonia in April 2019 curated by Violeta Kalikj.