Mephisto (The Evil Daemon)

Juan Geuer

Date de naissance 1917
Lieu de naissance Soest, Holland
Date du décès 2009
Lieu du décès Almonte, Ontario
Technique techniques mixtes
DATE 1999
DIMENSIONS 52,1cm x 185,4cm x 35,6cm
Numéro d'acquisition 2013.04.31
Détails Collection de la Galerie d'art d'Ottawa : don d'Else Geuer-Vermeij, 2013
Description du catalogue
A sculpture of a parabolic mirror framed on a black steel structure, with a small pendulous colourful face swinging in front of the mirror, mounted on a stand attached to the steel structure. This interactive sculpture introduces the devilish character introduced into German folklore by Goethe with mirrors to scale at human-height, the viewer is forced to see him or herself as this evil incarnation. Like the other mirror works, this gives the viewers a different perspective on themselves, and attempt to open the mind and provide such clarity, yet this work zeroes in on the implication. Geuer thus asks us to question ourselves in a more defined way.

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