{"title":"GORGON MEDUSA｜ SPHINXY","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003eInspired by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003esnake-haired Gorgon Medusa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e of Greek mythology, this series is SPHINXY's meditation on beauty that is also dangerous — the magnetic tension of something that coils and presses at the same time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003eVisually, the work leans into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003eicy, sculptural forms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e in heavy, saturated colors, the way temptation can hide inside a cold piece of stone or metal. The imagery of entwined snakes is recomposed into bold rings, \u003cspan class=\"text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline\"\u003ehooks\u003c\/span\u003e and chain-like silhouettes intended to sit close to the skin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003eBeneath the surface, the series carries a clear feminist stance: contemporary value should not be measured by gender; a woman's worth stands on its own and owes nothing to people or to worldly convention. SPHINXY puts it plainly — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only text-font-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e\"there are no short skirts long enough in this world,\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text-only\"\u003e and the wish is for every girl to enjoy aesthetic freedom that no one can dictate.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/troveandtone.com\/en-gb\/collections\/gorgon-medusa-sphinxy.oembed","provider":"TROVE \u0026 TONE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}