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Juan Barragán
El Pariaso Perdido (Paradise Lost) Diptych, Two Female Nudes, Oil on Panel

2015

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The piece is based in the narrative poem Paradise Lost, written by John Milton in 1667. The author does a self-interpretation of Adam and Eve’s original sin and their later exile from Paradise. This is a beautifully narrated version from a more open and modern point of view. One can observe two images set at different levels, so their horizon lines coincide. The first image is a character lying on a shining sheet with her feet foreshortened at foreground; the sky can be seen behind her head, simulating a halo that symbolizes the divine similarity we used to have with the heavenly creatures. Furthermore, she wears a piece of old rope tied to her ankle, representing her inedible earthly nature. The second image shows the same character lying down the other way around, leaning her feet on the sky and with her back on the floor, representing the fall after the sin. On her wrists one can read a pair of tattoos: Hope and Love, both essential virtues of the characters from the poem. This diptych, by Juan Barragán, is framed in two separate frames and can be hung together or separately. Juan Barragán El Paraiso Perdido Paradise Lost Diptych oil on panel 24h x 39w in (31h x 54w in, framed) 60.96h x 99.06w cm JBA011
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    2015
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    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 39 in (99.06 cm)
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    Chicago, IL
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    Seller: JBA0111stDibs: LU55435176942
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