Yassine ESSOUAF
Le minotaure
2024
This artwork is a vibrant and dreamlike composition reminiscent of a Flamenco dance, depicting a dynamic struggle between opposing forces. It blends mythological symbolism with deep inner exploration. At its center, a golden bull, symbolizing Taurus, strength, primal instincts, and vitality, engages in a noble dance with two seemingly divine human figures. These ethereal, nude figures swirl within a flowing red fabric, which symbolizes passion, blood, and life, contrasting with the cooler blue and green landscape, resembling a maze of wheat fields. This contrast creates a balance between the earthly and the celestial, with the constellations of Taurus and Virgo embodying this harmony.
The two figures, one holding scissors and the other a candle, embody creation and destruction, light and shadow. The golden scissors, linked to the thread of life emerging from the woman’s hair, represent the power to sever ties or alter fate, while the candle symbolizes consciousness and inner exploration within a world imbued with beauty and enigma.
Huile
Sur toile
203 × 154.5 cm
Oeuvre unique
Cette oeuvre est exposée au 1er Salon National des Artistes émergents (Villa des Arts de Casablanca) jusqu'à 30 décembre 2024







