2008 – graphite. the cuneiform in her shoulder means INANNA, which is the percursor of the akkadian ishtar, also a goddess of love and sex. the cuneiform in his arm means DINGIR, a god, any god, or AN, the sky god. in this piece I wanted to capture the hierogamos, the sacred marriage with the goddess in an explicit way. I would cover the bed fully in roses, but I had no patience. hope you like it.
2008 – graphite. Another in my Goddess series, for these I try to be as loving as possible while at the same time be explicit. I used a weird and very texturised paper.
2008 – graphite.
2008 – just graphite.
Once, in the pre-classic world, Ishtar was one of the many names the goddess of love was known by. Sometimes she was more the goddess of war and lustful sex than properly love. Her temples in southern Babylon (probably the better recognized is the Uruk one) were famous because they had female priestesses (of Ishtar) and male priests (of Anu or other god) that would give sexual services to the population. And sexual engagement with the gods was seen as devotion and worship.
I don’t know how the people that used their services or these priests were treated by the general population, but as a polytheistic nation, Babylonian citizens wouldn’t bother much with it like in today’s monotheists.
2006 – graphite and a fast monotone paint in photoshop today
2007 – graphite and photoshop
2007 – graphite and photoshop
2006 – graphite, pen and photoshop. Based on Miss Takashiro from Bible Black
