Firstly this sculpture of Medusa carrying the head of Perseus in her hand, apart from creating all kinds of controversies because of the place where it is located, it is the ultimate example of how to treat the naked body of women in art.
In a few days where the sexualization of the woman's body is a battlefield, this work makes it very clear what the body of a naked woman is like with a beautifully erected sculpture and with a more than evident message.
The asymmetry of its shapes, its thinness and how real it is, and the message he carries by reversing the Greek myth of the Medusa, is found in the vicinity of the courts in Manhattan; where producer Harvey Weinstein is dealing with justice and motivated the #metoo.
Entitled as Medusa With the Head of Perseus, 7 foot bronze sculpture It is characterized by that hair full of snakes, the sword in one of the hands and the head of Perseus in the other.
Un work done by Luciano Garbati in 2008, carried out to the inspiration of the own sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (1545-1554). Both works based on the Greek myth of Ovid's Metamorphosis, a 15-book poem that tells the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar.
In fact the Garbati statue became famous from the #metoo movement of 2018 exposing the sex crimes of film producer Weinstein. And it is that in 2018, an image of Garbati's work circulated on social networks with the text "Be thankful that we only want equality and not revenge."
Una work that overflows realism in the forms and that is the best way to show the real human body of women. We leave you with the Louvre armless sculpture.