Daniel Spoerri
The Beauty and the Beast
The Beauty and the Beast
1985/1996
Beast: 206 x 46 cm, Beauty: 40 x 35 cm
bronze
Here, again, a fragment from a traditional figure is integrated into a montage by Daniel Spoerri (see No.20). A monster stalking the river edge makes threatening gestures at the sight of a beauty mirrored in the water, who does not seem to notice it, so absorbed by her own reflection is she. The »Beast« bares its teeth (a Zitlala mask from Peru forms the head) and makes a rather helpless effect, not least because its physical mass does not appear to be very manoeuvrable.