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NAUDLINE PIERRE, Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022
NAUDLINE PIERRE, Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022
NAUDLINE PIERRE, Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022

Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022

Oil, enamel, and oil stick on canvas
120 x 96 in.
304.8 x 243.8 cm
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) NAUDLINE PIERRE, Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022
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In Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022 Naudline Pierre’s protagonist emerges glowing embraced by a flock of cherubs and flanked by five standing spiky-haloed seraphs who watch as she...
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In Chrysalis at the Altar of Change, 2022 Naudline Pierre’s protagonist emerges glowing embraced by a flock of cherubs and flanked by five standing spiky-haloed seraphs who watch as she takes her next form. A serpent – a creature that has come to signify protection in Pierre’s iconography – showers the central figure with shimmering flames that fall from its mouth. In the background, we see the flaming bars of a gate, a recurring motif in Enter the Realm and one of the many points of entry into the alternate reality manifested by Pierre. Standing at this threshold, the protagonist materializes from her flaming chrysalis, born anew.
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Exhibitions

Naudline Pierre Enter the Realm, James Cohan, 48 & 52 Walker Street, May 14 - June 18, 2022
Surrealism & Us: Caribbean and African Diasporic Artists since 1940, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, March 10 - July 28, 2024

Literature

Elena Ortiz, María. Surrealism & Us. New York, DelMonico Books, 2024, pp. 165
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