Project Description
canto 3
2015
133 x 131 cm
private commission
drawing, painting and machine embroidery on honan silk
wooden frame
The work illustrates the beginning of Dante’s Canto 3. Virgil leads Dante to observe the Gate of Hell. The neutrals swirl around like cloth in the wind. In the distance, Charon ferries the souls across the river Acheron, the border of hell.