ELECTRA - Grete Hjorth-Johansen
Title: ELECTRA, 2020
Artist: Grete Hjorth-Johansen
Material: Fine art archival pigment print
60 x 75 cm: Edition of 10 + 2 AP = £800
90 x 115 cm: Edition of 5 + 2 AP = £1,210 (exhibition size)
120 x 150 cm: Edition of 3 + 2 AP = £1,610
Electra was a Danaide in ancient Greek mythology, one of the 50 daughters of Danaus. They were all, apart from one, thrown into Tartarus for killing their husbands on their wedding night. It was their father who forced them to kill, in order to prevent their marriages to his brother Aegyptus' 50 sons. These poor women were helplessly caught up in this power game between the two brothers. For Hjorth-Johansen this tree shows a suffering, trapped woman, surrounded by guards on all sides.
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Choice Winner 2021